# Reducing Perioperative S. Aureus Transmission

> **NCT03638947** · NA · TERMINATED · sponsor: **Randy Loftus** · enrollment: 236 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Staphylococcus Aureus
- Health Care Associated Infection
- Health Care Worker Patient Transmission

## Interventions

- **DEVICE:** Swab and decolonization using povidone-iodine cleansing

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT03638947
- **Lead sponsor:** Randy Loftus
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** TERMINATED
- **Start date:** 2018-09-20
- **Primary completion:** 2021-01-01
- **Final completion:** 2021-01-01
- **Target enrollment:** 236 (ACTUAL)
- **Why stopped:** Intermediate analysis produced strong enough results that full study not needed.
- **Last updated:** 2022-07-01

## Collaborators

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## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03638947

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT03638947, "Reducing Perioperative S. Aureus Transmission". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-26 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT03638947. Licensed CC0.

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