Abd Elgaied, A., Nofal, A., Kasemy, Z., Abd Elaziz, M., Saif El Nasr, I. (2021). Influence of Different Scrubbing Methods of Surgical Team on Surgical Site Infection in Cesarean Section. The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine, 83(1), 1082-1087. doi: 10.21608/ejhm.2021.160876
Alaa Masoud Abd Elgaied; Ahmed Mohamed Zaki Nofal; Zeinab bdel Aziz Kasemy; Mohamed Medhat Abd Elaziz; Ibrahiem Ali Saif El Nasr. "Influence of Different Scrubbing Methods of Surgical Team on Surgical Site Infection in Cesarean Section". The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine, 83, 1, 2021, 1082-1087. doi: 10.21608/ejhm.2021.160876
Abd Elgaied, A., Nofal, A., Kasemy, Z., Abd Elaziz, M., Saif El Nasr, I. (2021). 'Influence of Different Scrubbing Methods of Surgical Team on Surgical Site Infection in Cesarean Section', The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine, 83(1), pp. 1082-1087. doi: 10.21608/ejhm.2021.160876
Abd Elgaied, A., Nofal, A., Kasemy, Z., Abd Elaziz, M., Saif El Nasr, I. Influence of Different Scrubbing Methods of Surgical Team on Surgical Site Infection in Cesarean Section. The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine, 2021; 83(1): 1082-1087. doi: 10.21608/ejhm.2021.160876
Influence of Different Scrubbing Methods of Surgical Team on Surgical Site Infection in Cesarean Section
Background: Cesarean section is the most performed major abdominal surgery. While cesarean delivery is usually an uncomplicated procedure, up to 20% of patients can experience a complication following cesarean delivery with infectious complications being the most common. Nosocomial infections represent one of the major sources of morbidity and mortality in hospitalized patients around the world. Objective: The aim of the current work was to evaluate if the different scrubbing methods of surgical team before cesarean section by different materials change the rates of post-operative surgical site infection or not. Patient and methods: This randomized controlled trial (RCT) study included a total of 278 pregnant women, attending at Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Menouf General Hospital and Menoufia University Hospitals, during the period of September 2019 till August 2020. Result: there was no statistically significant difference between the studied groups regarding their demographic and clinical data. There was no statistically significant difference between group A and group B regarding offensive odor at day 10 and 15 post-operatively. No offensive odor reported after day 25 or 30 postoperative (p> 0.05). Also, there was no statistically significant difference between group A and group B regarding approximation at day 10, 20, 25 and 30 post-operatively (p> 0.05. There was no statistically significant difference between group A and group B regarding hotness, redness, tenderness, swelling, discharge and offensive odor at day 10, 20, 25 and 30 post-operatively (p> 0.05). Conclusion: It could be concluded that for the increasing rates of CS being performed without a clear medical indication; new practice protocols should be implemented to reduce the rate of cesarean deliveries as CS surgery has a 5–20 times higher risk of post-partum infection as compared to vaginal deliveries.