Implementation of Vancomycin Powder Application in the Emergency Department for Open Fractures
Atlantic Health System
Summary
To evaluate the feasibility, safety, and potential efficacy of applying vancomycin powder locally to open fractures in the emergency department prior to definitive surgical intervention.
Eligibility
- Age range
- 18+ years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria: * Participants aged 18 years or older presenting to the Emergency Department with Gustilo-Anderson Type I, II, or III open fractures. Exclusion Criteria: * Known allergy to vancomycin * Ballistic open fractures * Pregnancy * Currently breastfeeding * Age younger than 18 years.
Interventions
- DrugVancomycin (VAN) treatment
A single 1-gram dose of sterile vancomycin powder is applied directly to the open fracture wound in the Emergency Department after initial wound assessment and irrigation and prior to definitive operative debridement and fixation.
- OtherStandard Open Fracture Care
Standard management of open fractures according to institutional protocols, including intravenous antibiotics, wound care, irrigation, operative debridement, and fracture stabilization as indicated, without topical vancomycin powder application in the Emergency Department.
Location
- Morristown Medical CenterMorristown, New Jersey