Preoperative Nasal Swabs From Pediatric Patients

Hillel Yaffe Medical Center

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Staphylococcal Infections

Treatments: Procedure: Nose swab

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00646919

HY56/2007

Details and patient eligibility

About

We intend to take a nasal swab from each pediatric pre-operative patient in our out-clinic with the intention of looking for a connection between positive operative incisions and a positive nasal swab. The patients will be in the out-patient clinic for a few hours, and will be examined post-operatively after one week. Those with positive nasal swabs will be advised to apply a nasal cream (Mupirocin)in their noses for one week. Our hypothesis is that there is a correlation between positive nasal swabs and positive incision infections.

Sex: All

Ages: Under 16 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• All pediatric patients attending outpatient surgery clinic

Exclusion criteria

• All others

Trial design

0 participants in 1 patient group

1

Description:

All pre-operative pediatric patients in our outpatient clinic

Treatment:

Procedure: Nose swab