Blunt Needles do Not Reduce Needlestick Injuries to Doctors During Suturing After Child-Birth
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Official title
The Use of Blunt Needles Does Not Reduce Needlestick Injury During Obstetrical Laceration Repair
Brief summary
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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.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT00536289
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Enrollment
- 438 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years and older
- Sex
- Female
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepts healthy volunteers
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Study timeline
- Start date
- Dec 31, 2004
- Primary completion
- Not listed
- Completion
- Aug 31, 2006
- Last update posted
- Sep 26, 2007
2005 – 2006
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medical University of South Carolina | Charleston | South Carolina | 29466 | — |
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- Last update posted Sep 26, 2007 · Synced Sep 5, 2026
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