A Perioperative Quality Improvement Program for Cesarean Delivery in Ethiopia: A Stepped-Wedge Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Infections and complications following cesarean delivery are a significant source of maternal mortality in Ethiopia.

Objective

To study the effectiveness of a program to strengthen compliance with perioperative standards and reduce postoperative complications following cesarean delivery.

Design, setting, and participants

This stepped-wedge cluster randomized clinical trial included patients undergoing cesarean delivery from August 24, 2021, to January 31, 2023, at 9 hospitals organized into 5 clusters in Ethiopia.

Intervention

Clean Cut, a multimodal surgical quality improvement program that includes process-mapping 6 perioperative standards and creating site-specific, systems-level improvements. The control period was the period before implementatio

SUBMITTER: Mammo TN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11337075 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature