Drape vs no drape before caesarean section: Surgical site infection
Drape showed no clear difference in surgical site infection compared with no drape before caesarean section (low certainty).
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Drape vs no drape before caesarean section Surgical site infection · women undergoing caesarean section Drape showed no clear difference in surgical site infection compared with no drape before caesarean section (low certainty). Skin preparation for preventing infection following caesarean section (2018) · Cochrane Headline outcomes onlyearlier version CD007462.PUB4, superseded | RR 1.29 [0.97, 1.71] | 2 studies · 1294 participants | Low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Skin preparation for preventing infection following caesarean section 2020 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | Not reported | list not extracted yet | Not assessed |
Studies behind the findings
None of these reviews ties its included studies to this outcome in the data here. Cochrane reviews and reviews with headline outcomes only do not list their studies yet.
How reviews are matched to this question
Reviews word the same question differently. Four decision models (TypeSafe's Jev, Liquid AI's d1-ultra, SubQ Snap and Baseten's Elephant) judged each wording of the population, intervention, comparator and outcome against the others; two wordings count as the same when at least three of them agree and none clearly disagrees, and findings count as this question only when all four elements match. Timing, setting and subgroup never split a question: they are shown on each finding.