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Clorhexidine Versus Povidone for the Prevention of Surgical Site Infection After Cesarean Section

NCT01741649 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 800

Last updated 2013-05-17

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Many solutions are used for cleaning the skin of a patient previous to a surgery. Although the efficacy of clorhexidine has been proved in other surgical procedures, there is only a retrospective study in cesarean section (they report no benefit of one solution over the other). The investigators would like to evaluate the difference in surgical site infection in patients after cesarean section comparing preparation of the skin with clorhexidine versus povidone.

Conditions

  • Surgical Wound Infection

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Clorhexidine

Cleaning of the surgical site previous to the incision with a clorhexidine solution for five minutes.

PROCEDURE

Povidone

Cleaning of the surgical site previous to the incision with a povidone solution for five minutes.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Saint Thomas Hospital, Panama

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-10-31
Primary Completion
2013-03-31
Completion
2013-04-30

Countries

  • Panama

Study Locations

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