CompletedNot Applicable

Impact of Preoperative Bathing on Post Caesarean Section Surgical Site Infection

Uganda96 participantsStarted 2017-12-07

Plain-language summary

Surgical site infection (SSI) is the commonest hospital-acquired infection globally, and prevalence is much higher in the low-income countries. Caesarean delivery carries a 5-20 fold risk for developing postpartum sepsis. SSIs cause significant morbidity, prolonged hospitalization and mortality. Simple and inexpensive interventions like preoperative bathing need to be studied, to assess their impact on surgical site infection rates.

Who can participate

Age range15 Years – 49 Years

SexFEMALE

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Inclusion Criteria: * All mother scheduled for delivery by emergency C/S at MRRH during the study period. Exclusion Criteria: * Women who declined to consent. * Women with obvious evidence of infection, like fever, foul-smelling liquor, or those already on antibiotics for reasons other than preoperative prophylaxis. * Women in whom delivery was indicated to occur within less than 30 minutes, like in fetal distress, obstructed labor, pulsatile cord prolapse, or ruptured uterus. * Women who could not communicate and give information for the study and those who do not have a working telephone contact.

What they're measuring

Surgical site infection

Timeframe: 30 days

Trial details

NCT IDNCT03544710

SponsorMbarara University of Science and Technology

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2018-02-21

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