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Clinical trialNCT02202577CompletedInterventional

Chlorhexidine-Alcohol Versus Povidone-Iodine for Cesarean Antisepsis

SponsorCase Western Reserve UniversityEnrollment932Surgical Site Infection
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Summary

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Primary Hypothesis: chlorhexidine gluconate alcohol skin antiseptic preparation is superior to povidone-iodine scrub and paint skin antiseptic preparation for prevention of cesarean related surgical site infection.
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Investigators

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  • Brian B Mercer, MD

    MetroHealth Medical Center/Case Western Reserve

    Principal Investigator
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  • Edward H Springel, MD

    MetroHealth Medical Center/Case Western Reserve

    Principal Investigator
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Sites

1 registered facility, with the per-site recruitment status where the registry publishes one. ClinicalTrials.gov does not publish per-site enrollment counts.

United States
  • Metrohealth Medical Center

    Cleveland, Ohio, United States

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Drugs studied

The drug and biological interventions registered on this study, normalized to their RxNorm ingredient where possible.

Chlorhexidine / isopropyl alcoholPovidone-Iodine Scrub and Paint
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Registration & key dates

Registry attributes as recorded on the ClinicalTrials.gov study record.

Start
31 Mar 2014
Primary completion
31 Jul 2016
Completion
31 Jul 2016
Last update posted
21 Jul 2022
Registered enrollment
932
Registry id
NCT02202577
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Source: ClinicalTrials.gov, via the CTTI AACT database, data as of 24 Aug 2026. Registry facts are shown as registered by the study sponsor; FindMyKOL does not interpret them.