Wound Antiseptic Study With Hypochlorous Acid & Iodopovidone

• Status: Unknown status
• Trial end date: 2009-03-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether hypochlorous acid is an effective antiseptic agent to prevent surgical site infection.

• Phase: Phase 2
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira
• Collaborator: Hospital Universitario San Jorge de Pereira (HUSJ)
• Treatments: Anti-Infective Agents, Local; Povidone-Iodine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• All patients over 18 years old, who are going to be operated

• Classification of surgical wounds according to the National Research Council as class I or II

• Risk index classification of the American Society of Anaesthesiology (ASA) as ASA 1 or 2

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients requiring mesh or prosthesis or orthesis