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Glasbey, James
Adeyeye, Victoria
Ademuyiwa, Adesoji
Bhatt, Alisha
Biccard, Bruce
Blazeby, Jane
Brocklehurst, Peter
Chakrabortee, Sohini
Ingabire, Jean De La Croix Allen
Dossou, Francis Moïse
Durán, Irani
Dutta, Rohini
Ghosh, Dhruv
Gyamfi, Frank
Haque, Parvez
Hardy, Pollyanna
Hyman, Gabriella
Jain, Ritu
Ladipo-Ajayi, Oluwaseun
Lawani, Ismail
Lawani, Souliath
Kachapila, Mwayi
Kroese, Karolin
Lillywhite, Rachel
Macefield, Rhiannon
Magill, Laura
Martin, Janet
Mathers, Jonathan
Mistry, Punam
Mittal, Rohin
Monahan, Mark
Moore, Rachel
Morton, Dion
Ntirenganya, Faustin
Ofori, Emmanuel
Pearse, Rupert
Peón, Alberto
Pinkney, Thomas
de la Medina, Antonio Ramos
Ronald, Tubasiime
Roman, David
Slade, Anita
Tabiri, Stephen
Smith, Donna
Bhangu, Aneel
Funding for this research was provided by:
Research Trainees Coordinating Centre (NIHR300175)
National Institute for Health Research (16.136.79)
Article History
Received: 22 March 2021
Accepted: 25 June 2021
First Online: 21 July 2021
Declarations
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: The protocol amendment to include TALON-1 and TALON-2 in two host trials was obtained from the University of Birmingham International Ethics Committee: (1) Pragmatic multi-centre factorial randomised controlled trial testing measures to reduce surgical site infection in low- and middle-income countries (FALCON): Protocol amendment v1_0_substudies_v1_0. Reference: ERN_18-0230A; (2) ClustEr randomisEd Trial of sterile glove And instrument change at the time of wound closure to reduce surgical site infection (ChEETAh) v2.0_09.07.2019; Substudies v1.0_10.06.2020. Reference: ERN_19-0719. All individual participating countries have obtained local or national ethical approval for TALON-1 and TALON-2 in accordance with local requirements (available upon request). Written (or fingerprint) informed consent to participate will be obtained from all participants.
: No individual patient data is included in this report. Written (or fingerprint) consent was required for participant inclusion in the TALON-1 and TALON-2 studies. Consent form is available upon request.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.