SURGICAL SITE INFECTION FOLLOWING WOUND IRRIGATION WITH POVIDONE-IODINE VS NORMAL SALINE
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: O00-O9A- Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2021/12/038632
- Lead Sponsor
- PGIMER Chandigarh
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 609
Inclusion Criteria
All emergency and elective caesarean sections
Exclusion Criteria
on immunosuppressant drugs
suspected or known allergy to iodine
class III or class IV wound
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method to study incidence of SSI in elective and emergency caesarean section undergoing wound irrigation with povidone-iodine or normal salineTimepoint: to study incidence of SSI in elective and emergency caesarean section undergoing wound irrigation with povidone-iodine or normal saline <br/ ><br>assessment for SSI will be done at day 7 post op, 2 weeks and 4 weeks
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method to study incidence of culture positive SSI in elective and emergency caesarean section <br/ ><br> <br/ ><br>to measure incidence of specific organism cultured in SSI in elective and emergency caesareanTimepoint: to study incidence of culture positive SSI in elective and emergency caesarean section <br/ ><br> <br/ ><br>to measure incidence of specific organism cultured in SSI in elective and emergency caesarean . Assessment will be done at day 7 postop, 2wks postop and 4 weeks postop