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Impact of Preoperative Bathing on Post Caesarean Section Surgical Site Infection

NCT03544710 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 96

Last updated 2018-06-04

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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.

Conditions

  • Cesarean Wound Disruption With Postnatal Complication

Interventions

OTHER

preoperative bathing with antiseptic

Preoperative bathing with antiseptic was done as follows; Given warm water and a tablet soap containing chloroxylenol antiseptic. Asked to bathe under supervision for standardization. Given a clean theatre gown to put on. Taken through the routine pre-operative preparation procedures which involved; Putting an intravenous cannula; administering prophylactic antibiotics. Administering intravenous normal saline 1 liter. taking off a blood sample (3mls) for blood grouping and cross matching. Putting urethral catheter for drainage of urine, Getting an informed consent from the client for the procedure to be done. Informing the theatre team.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Mbarara University of Science and Technology

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Henry Lukabwe, MD · Mbarara University of Science and Technology

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
15 Years
Max Age
49 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-12-07
Primary Completion
2018-02-21
Completion
2018-03-21

Countries

  • Uganda

Study Locations

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