Dilute Betadine Soak and Scrub for Foot and Ankle Surgery
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Official title
Randomized Trial of Dilute Betadine Soak and Scrub for Foot and Ankle Surgery
Brief summary
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Infection and wound complications are the most common complications following orthopaedic foot and ankle procedures, and the infection rate following these procedures is higher than in procedures involving other areas of the body.The purpose of this randomized controlled trial is to determine whether a standard chlorhexidine prep can be augmented with a soak \& scrub of the foot in dilute betadine to reduce the rate of positive cultures from the hallux nail fold prior to surgery.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT03926208
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Enrollment
- 242 participants
Conditions and interventions
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- May 23, 2019
- Primary completion
- Dec 9, 2019
- Completion
- Dec 31, 2019
- Last update posted
- Feb 11, 2021
2019 – 2020
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush University Medical Center | Chicago | Illinois | 60612 | — |
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- Last update posted Feb 11, 2021 · Synced Sep 5, 2026
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