Changing gloves during cesarean section for prevention of postoperative infections: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT: This systematic review and meta-analysis was conducted to assess associations between changing gloves during cesarean section (CS) and postoperative infection. A literature search was conducted using the major electronic databases MEDLINE, Scopus, ISI Web of Science, PubMed, CINAHL, and CENTRAL from their inception to September 2020. Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) comparing glove change during CS to no glove change were included. Outcomes of interest were endometritis, febrile morbidity, and incisional surgical site infection (SSI). GRADE approach was applied to assess the quality of evidence. Ten reports of six studies involving 1707 participants were included in the analyses. Glove change was associated with a reduction in the risk of incisional SSI following CS (pooled RR 0.49, 95%

SUBMITTER: Rattanakanokchai S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7907110 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature