Clinical trials: Simple Hand Lacerations

Simple Hand Lacerations

Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Simple Hand Lacerations

• Terminated
• Age: 18 years and older
• Pill or oral medicine
• Results posted

Research Question: In emergency department patients with simple hand cuts, do prophylactic antibiotics reduce the risk of wound infections?

Trial name

NCT01155154

Testing

cephalexin, clindamycin

Where

3 sites in United States

Volunteers

73 people

Sponsor

State University of New York - Downstate Medical Center