Topical Use of Vancomycin in Reducing Sternal Wound Infection in Cardiac Surgery (SWI Trial)

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Category Primary study
Registry of Trialsclinicaltrials.gov
Year 2015
The purpose of this research is to determine if using the antibiotic vancomycin as a preventative topical (on the surface of the skin) treatment during open-heart surgery will reduce the risk of developing a sternal wound infection.
Epistemonikos ID: d9b345c15ea662df0f644deae8bf2f6c53640fa8
First added on: May 12, 2024