Maternal infection rates after cesarean delivery by Pfannenstiel or Joel-Cohen incision: a multicenter surveillance study.

Objective: Our purpose was to evaluate maternal nosocomial infection rates according to the incision technique used for caesarean delivery, in a routine surveillance study.

Study Design: This was a prospective study of 5123 cesarean deliveries (43.2% Joel-Cohen, 56.

Decreased rates of nosocomial endometritis and urinary tract infection after vaginal delivery in a French surveillance network, 1997-2003.

Objectives: To identify independent risk factors for endometritis and urinary tract infection (UTI) after vaginal delivery, and to monitor changes in nosocomial infection rates and derive benchmarks for prevention.

Design: Prospective study.

Methods: We analyzed routine surveillance data for all vaginal deliveries between January 1997 and December 2003 at 66 maternity units participating in the Mater Sud-Est surveillance network.

Effect of intrapartum antibiotic prophylaxis against group B streptococcal infection on comparisons of rates of endometritis and urinary tract infection in multicenter surveillance.

Objective: To establish whether antibiotic prophylaxis against group B streptococcal infection may be a confounding factor in comparisons of rates of endometritis and urinary tract infection after vaginal delivery.

Design: Prospective study.

Setting: Maternity units at 48 hospitals in a regional surveillance network in France during 2001-2004.

Downward trends in surgical site and urinary tract infections after cesarean delivery in a French surveillance network, 1997-2003.

Objective: To evaluate whether the adjusted rates of surgical site infection (SSI) and urinary tract infection (UTI) after cesarean delivery decrease in maternity units that perform active healthcare-associated infection surveillance.

Design: Trend analysis by means of multiple logistic regression.

Setting: A total of 80 maternity units participating in the Mater Sud-Est surveillance network.