Clinical Trial: Exploring if Patients Can Safely and Easily Swab Their Own Surgical Wounds at Home

U.S., Oct. 2 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07200401) titled 'Exploring if Patients Can Safely and Easily Swab Their Own Surgical Wounds at Home' on Aug. 12.

Brief Summary: The goal of this observational feasibility study is to learn if patients can safely, acceptably, and effectively collect their own wound swabs at home to detect clinically significant organisms in adults aged 18 and over who have had cardiac surgery via median sternotomy (central chest wound). Participants will be recruited from two sites: Harefield Hospital (Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London) and the Royal Sussex County Hospital (University Hospitals Sussex, Brighton).

The main questions it aims to answer a...