WHO Checklist- Based Infection Prevention Guidelines in Mulago Hospital

Surgical Site Infection Clinical Trial

Official title:

Compliance Levels With WHO Checklist-based Infection Prevention Guidelines and Associated Surgical Site Infection Following Caesarean Delivery in Mulago Hospital

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03822039
• Other study ID #: 2018-085
• Status: Recruiting
• Start date: July 16, 2018
• Est. completion date: February 2019

Study information

• Verified date: September 2018
• Source: Makerere University
• Contact: Anne Mbiya, Mbchb
• Phone: 0782423389
• Email: mbiyaanne2[@]gmail.com
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

This prospective cohort study will assess all mothers undergoing elective and emergency caesarean delivery in the labour ward theatre at Mulago National Referral Hospital based temporarily at Kawempe Hospital. Mothers will be recruited into the study systematically over a period of 3 months and follow-up daily until discharge or 30 days .

Description:

To determine the level of compliance with WHO checklist-based infection prevention guidelines following caesarean delivery in Mulago National Referral Hospital, Kawempe.

To determine the association between compliance with WHO checklist-based infection prevention guidelines and surgical site infection following caesarean delivery in Mulago Hospital, Kawempe.

This prospective cohort study will assess all mothers undergoing elective and emergency caesarean delivery in the labour ward theatre at Mulago National Referral Hospital based temporarily at Kawempe Hospital. Mothers will be recruited into the study systematically over a period of 3 months and follow-up daily until discharge or 30 days of in-hospital stay for the purpose of documentation of surgical site infection. Data will be collected using the checklist expansion for antisepsis and infection control questionnaire.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 768
• Est. completion date: February 2019
• Est. primary completion date: February 2019
• Gender: Female
• Age group: 15 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Mothers undergoing elective and emergency caesarean deliveries in Mulago National Referral Hospital, Kawempe in labour suite and gynaecology theatre.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patient who is unconscious and unknown patient

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Communicable Diseases
• Infection
• Surgical Site Infection
• Surgical Wound Infection

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Uganda	Mulago hospital	Kampala	Mulago Hospital

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Makerere University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Uganda, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Level of compliance with WHO checklist-based infection prevention guidelines following caesarean delivery among health care workers in Mulago Hospital, Kawempe	Using a tool of 12 parameters from the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist-based infection prevention standards, each of the parameters will be given a score of 1 if it was obeyed by the respondent and a score of 0 if it was omitted. Compliance will be then expressed as a percentage completion of the items comprising the checklist.	24Hours
Secondary	surgical site infection within 30 days of operation	Patients will be directly followed up during ward rounds until discharge and thereafter, telephone calls will be used every four days to enquire for development of surgical site infections such as fever, foul-smelling wound, redness around the incision, swelling/ induration at the wound site, burst wound.	30 days