Effectiveness of Chlorhexidine vaginal cleansing in reducing postcaesarean surgical site infection and endometritis at two tertiary hospitals in Enugu, Nigeria: a randomized controlled trial
- Conditions
- Pregnancy and ChildbirthSurgeryPost caesarean endometritis and wound infection
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 510
All pregnant women who had been billed for caesarean delivery either electively or as emergency and given consent at the two Obstetrics units (ANW and Labour wards) of the two study centers were included
women with clinical diagnosis of chorioamnionitis
women with diagnosis of obstructed labour
women with contraindications to caesarean delivery
women with contraindication to chlorhexidine use such as history of serious allergic reaction
women with premature rupture of membranes, HIV/AIDs, diabetes mellitus and hemoglobin <10g/dl that could not be corrected before surgery
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
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