Timing of Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Cesarean Deliveries

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2009-11-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: Female

Summary

The current standard of care to prevent post partum infectious morbidities is to administer antibiotic prophylaxis to all women undergoing a cesarean delivery. The general practice is to administer the antibiotic immediately after the umbilical cord is clamped. This study will compare the incidence of post partum infectious morbidities when the extended spectrum prophylaxis given before the incision time vs. the time of cord clamp.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: University of Florida
• Treatments: Anti-Bacterial Agents; Antibiotics, Antitubercular

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• All Patients undergoing cesarean delivery

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients diagnosed with chorioamnionitis at the time of decision

• Patients that require an emergency cesarean delivery

• Patients that decline participating on the study