WHO Checklist- Based Infection Prevention Guidelines in Mulago Hospital

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

Status

UNKNOWN

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT03822039

Enrollment

768

Registered

2019-01-30

Start date

2018-07-16

Completion date

2019-02-28

Last updated

2019-01-30

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Conditions

Surgical Site Infection

Brief 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 .

Detailed 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.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

COHORT

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

FEMALE

Age

15 Years to No maximum

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

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Level of compliance with WHO checklist-based infection prevention guidelines following caesarean delivery among health care workers in Mulago Hospital, Kawempe	24Hours	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.

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
surgical site infection within 30 days of operation	30 days	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.

Countries

Uganda

Contacts

Primary ContactAnne Mbiya, Mbchb

mbiyaanne2@gmail.com0782423389

Backup ContactPonsiano Ocama, Phd

ponsiano.ocama@gmail.com0772421190

Outcome results