Studying How Outpatient Water affEcts Risks With Drains (SHOWER Study) (SHOWER)
Postoperative Wound Infection, Postoperative Complications, Surgical Site Infection
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Postoperative Wound Infection focused on measuring Panniculectomy, Breast reduction surgery, Postoperative showering, Surgical drain, Fleur-de-lis panniculectomy, Massive weight loss surgery
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
Patients having one of the following procedures at Geisinger Medical Center in which drains are placed
- Breast reduction
- Lower panniculectomy
- Fleur-de-lis panniculectomy
- ≥18 years of age
- Able and willing to provide consent
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients on antibiotics at the time of surgery
- Patients sent home on antibiotics after surgery
- Patients who work in healthcare with direct patient contact
- Patients having a panniculectomy to be eligible for a kidney transplant
- Patients having a ventral hernia repair at the time of the panniculectomy
- Patients admitted to the hospital for >1 night
Sites / Locations
- Geisinger HealthRecruiting
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Active Comparator
Active Comparator
Study Arm 1
Study Arm 2
Subjects assigned to Arm 1 will be instructed to shower daily beginning on post-operative Day 2 and maintain this daily schedule until the subject's 3-month standard of care clinic follow-up visit. They will receive specific instructions on caring for the incision site and drains until they are removed.
Subjects assigned to Arm 2 will be instructed not to shower post-operatively until their surgical drains are removed. They will receive specific instructions on bathing and caring for the incision sites and drains.