Overuse of prophylactic antibiotics for elective caesarean delivery in Medani Hospital, Sudan

Name	World Continuing Education Alliance
Activity Title	Overuse of prophylactic antibiotics for elective caesarean delivery in Medani Hospital, Sudan
Details	Cesarean delivery (CD) is a procedure mainly performed to save the lives of mother and child to ensure a healthy outcome when normal vaginal delivery is not possible. It is the most common major surgical procedure performed worldwide (. The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews has reported that antibiotic prophylaxis has reduced the risk of infectious morbidity of CD by 50% to 70% (. Recent reports have shown that a single dose of antibiotic used for CD is equally as adequate as multiple doses or multiple antibiotics, reducing the cost without increasing the infection rate (. Administration of antibiotic prophylaxis prior to CD is as effective as when given after cord clamping in reducing the risk of infectious morbidity (n
Competence	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
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Event Time	05:00 PM
Location	World Continuing Education Alliance eLearning System
Cost (UGX)	0
CPD Points	1