A mixed-methods feasibility and external pilot study to inform a large pragmatic randomised controlled trial of the effects of surgical wound dressing strategies on surgical site infections (Bluebelle Phase B): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

A mixed-methods feasibility and external pilot study to inform a large pragmatic randomised controlled trial of the effects of surgical wound dressing strategies on surgical site infections (Bluebelle Phase B): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

Abstract Background Surgical site infections (SSIs) are common, occurring in up to 25% of > 4 million operations performed in England each year. Previous trials of the effect of wound dressings on the risk of developing a SSI are of poor quality and underpowered. Methods/Design This study is a fe...

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Main Authors: The Bluebelle Study Group, Barnaby C. Reeves, Lazaros Andronis, Jane M. Blazeby, Natalie S. Blencowe, Melanie Calvert, Joanna Coast, Tim Draycott, Jenny L. Donovan, Rachael Gooberman-Hill, Robert J. Longman, Laura Magill, Jonathan M. Mathers, Thomas D. Pinkney, Chris A. Rogers, Leila Rooshenas, Andrew Torrance, Nicky J. Welton, Mark Woodward, Kate Ashton, Katarzyna D. Bera, Gemma L. Clayton, Lucy A. Culliford, Jo C. Dumville, Daisy Elliott, Lucy Ellis, Hannah Gould-Brown, Rhiannon C. Macefield, Christel McMullan, Caroline Pope, Dimitrios Siassakos, Sean Strong, Helen Talbot
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-08-01
Series:Trials
Subjects:
Pilot study
Feasibility study
Randomised controlled trial
Wound dressing
Abdominal surgery
Caesarean section
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13063-017-2102-5

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