This is a single institution, randomized study conducted to determine if irrigation with Irrisept in emergency general surgery patients results in lower surgical site infections compared to normal saline irrigation.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
400
Intraperitoneal irrigation with Irrisept solution
Intraperitoneal irrigation with normal saline
UT Health Tyler
Tyler, Texas, United States
Surgical Site Infection Rate
Determine if the rate of SSI is different
Time frame: Time of enrollment to 30 days
Length of Stay
Number of days admitted to hospital
Time frame: From date of admission until date of discharge from the hospital, assessed up to 30 days post-operatively
Incidence of SSI and surgical wound class with the use of Irrisept
Correlation between surgical wound class and the use of Irrisept on the incidence of SSI
Time frame: Time of enrollment to 30 days
Readmission Rates due to SSI
How often a patient has to be re-admitted to the hospital for a surgical site infection
Time frame: From day of surgery to 30 days
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