Subcutaneous Lavage in Cesarean Section

Hadassah Medical Center

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Surgical Site Infection

Treatments: Procedure: no subcutaneous washing; Procedure: Subcutaneous washing

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06454227

WASHCD-HMO-CTIL

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if antiseptic washing prior to skin closure during cesarean section reduces rates of surgical site infection.

intraoperative washing is a common practice in other surgical fields and several studies have shown efficacy in reducing postoperative infection rates. no randomized control trial has tested this intervention during cesarean section.

The main questions we aim to answer are:

Does subcutaneous antiseptic washing reduce the rates of surgical site infection? Does antiseptic washing improve scar healing? Does antiseptic washing reduce hospital stay, postpartum fever rates and readmission cases?

Researchers will compare subcutaneous antiseptic washing to no intervention to see if surgical site infection rates reduce

Participants will:

consent to participate in the trial Visit the postpartum clinic 30 days after surgery

Enrollment: 600 estimated patients

Sex: Female

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• pregnant women undergoing cesarean delivery

Exclusion criteria

• pregnant women undergoing vaginal delivery

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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600 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

Subcutan lavage

Active Comparator group

Description:

Subcutaneous washing with antiseptic solution: Chlorhexidine gluconate 0.2%

Treatment:

Procedure: Subcutaneous washing

no lavage

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

No subcutaneous washing

Treatment:

Procedure: no subcutaneous washing