Preoperative Vaginal Cleansing With Povidone Iodine and the Risk of Post Cesarean Endometritis

• Status: Unknown status
• Trial end date: 2016-10-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: Female

Summary

Preoperative vaginal cleansing with povidone iodine and the risk of post cesarean endometritis.

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Ain Shams Maternity Hospital
• Treatments: Cadexomer iodine; Iodine; Povidone; Povidone-Iodine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Patients 18-40 years of age who will undergo cesarean deliveries.

2. Able to communicate well with the investigator & to comply with the requirements of the entire study.

3. Verbal consent obtained from subject and husband / witness before undergoing the study entry (with the understanding that consent may be withdrawn by the patient at any time without prejudice).

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Patients with allergy to iodine containing solutions.

2. Patients with ante-partum hemorrhage.

3. Patients with ruptured membranes.

4. Patients with any known disease that increases the risk of infection e.g. immunocompromized, those receiving steroids ...etc.