Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT00536289
Blunt Needles do Not Reduce Needlestick Injuries to Doctors During Suturing After Child-Birth
The Use of Blunt Needles Does Not Reduce Needlestick Injury During Obstetrical Laceration Repair
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 438 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Medical University of South Carolina · Academic / Other
- Sex
- Female
- Age
- 18 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
Summary
The hypothesis for this study is that use of blunt tipped needles used during the repair of an episiotomy (tear in the vagina after childbirth) will result in fewer needlestick injuries to the surgeon.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| DEVICE | Blunt needle | Blunt tipped suture needle |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2005-01-01
- Completion
- 2006-09-01
- First posted
- 2007-09-27
- Last updated
- 2007-09-27
Locations
1 site across 1 country: United States
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT00536289. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.