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Sponsors and Collaborators: |
Brigham and Women's Hospital Patient Safety Technologies, Inc. |
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Information provided by: | Brigham and Women's Hospital |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00282750 |
The purpose of this study is to test whether bar coded surgical sponges can significantly increase the safety of operations, specifically by (1) reducing discrepancies and miscounts, (2) reducing total staff time spent on sponge counting, and (3) reducing disruptions to the operating room as a system. Also, the study aims to further characterize the limitations of the current surgical sponge counting protocol.
Condition | Intervention |
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Healthy |
Device: Bar coded sponge and scanner |
Study Type: | Interventional |
Study Design: | Prevention, Randomized, Open Label, Active Control, Parallel Assignment, Safety/Efficacy Study |
Official Title: | A Randomised Clinical Trial of a Bar-Coded Safety Sponge System |
Estimated Enrollment: | 350 |
Study Start Date: | March 2006 |
Estimated Study Completion Date: | August 2006 |
Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older |
Genders Eligible for Study: | Both |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | Yes |
Inclusion Criteria:
Exclusion Criteria:
United States, Massachusetts | |
Brigham and Women's Hospital | |
Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02115 |
Principal Investigator: | Atul A Gawande, MD, MPH | Brigham and Women's Hospital |
Study ID Numbers: | 2005-P-002344 |
Study First Received: | January 26, 2006 |
Last Updated: | September 29, 2006 |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00282750 |
Health Authority: | United States: Food and Drug Administration |
"Surgery"[MeSH] "Surgical Sponges"[MeSH] "Automatic Data Processing"[MeSH] |
Healthy |