Study of the Incidence of Surgical Site Infections Developed by Patients Hospitalized in the Wards of a Large Teaching Hospital in Rome, Italy

NCT ID: NCT05788575

Last Updated: 2024-09-27

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Total Enrollment: 5424 participants
• Study Classification: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2018-07-02
• Study Completion Date: 2022-11-15

Brief Summary

The surgical departments of the hospital were included in the study on a rotational basis over a period of 5 months. All patients undergoing surgery during this period were enrolled in the study.

The data collection in each department lasted 6 months (8 in the case of the use of prostheses) of which:

• 5 months of continuous survey of hospitalized patients
• 30 days of post-operative surveillance for all operations, 90 days for operations involving the use of prosthetic material Surveillance ends when a surgical site infection occurs, even if the event is prior to 30 or 90 days.

For each surgery, information was recorded such as the type of surgery, duration, ASA score, prophylaxis.

Conditions

Surgical Site Infection

Study Design

• Observational Model Type: COHORT
• Study Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE

Interventions

surgery

any surgery that an inpatient has undergone

Intervention Type: PROCEDURE

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• patient undergoing surgery

Exclusion Criteria

-

• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Laurenti Patrizia

Chief of the Complex Operative Unit of Hospital Hygiene

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

Fondazione Policlinico Universitario "A. Gemelli" IRCCS

Rome, RM, Italy

Countries

Italy

Other Identifiers

1956

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id