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- Title
Vaginal Cleansing at the Time of Cesarean Delivery to Prevent Puerperal Infection.
- Abstract
The article focuses on a study that investigates the use of povidone-iodine Betadine vaginal cleansing prior to cesarean delivery for labor-related indications and it reports the effectiveness in reducing postoperative infectious morbidity. Topics include the causes of puerperal infections, previous research on the reduction of postoperative endometritis through vaginal cleansing, and the results of the randomized trial conducted by Temming and colleagues.
- Subjects
PREVENTION of surgical complications; INFECTION prevention; ENDOMETRIAL diseases; BACTERICIDES; VAGINA; PUERPERAL disorders; POVIDONE-iodine; SURGICAL site infections; CESAREAN section
- Publication
OB/GYN Clinical Alert, 2023, Vol 39, Issue 11, p1
- ISSN
0743-8354
- Publication type
Article