Status:

NOT_YET_RECRUITING

Feasibility Study to Evaluate the Role of a Novel Device in Childbirth

Lead Sponsor:

The Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals NHS Trust

Conditions:

Surgical Item, Retained

Childbirth

Eligibility:

FEMALE

18+ years

Brief Summary

Accidentally retained surgical items or swabs are well-recognised errors that result in adverse consequences for patients. This error is one of the commonest "Never Events" - patient safety incidents ...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Midwifery lead and consultant lead patient older than 18 years.
  • Consented to participation after an informed choice.

Exclusion

  • • Under 18 years of age
  • Antenatal (before labour):
  • Patients who have a high risk of expected/unexpected maternal, fetal or neonatal deterioration such that during birth, the focus of attention would be towards safe patient care and observation required for using the swab-counter device system would not be possible such as :
  • Patients who are seriously unwell and require high dependency care.
  • Maternal cardiac conditions
  • Severe pre-eclampsia
  • Fetal anomalies where neonatal deterioration is expected (These will be relatively rare conditions where the doctor/midwife would decide to not recruit the patient)
  • Intrapartum and postpartum factors:
  • Patient having an emergency Caesarean section instead of a vaginal birth due to maternal or fetal indication.
  • Eclampsia (seizure/fitting in labour or after delivery)
  • Maternal cardiac conditions requiring high dependency care
  • Severe sepsis requiring high dependency care
  • Fetal anomalies where neonatal deterioration is expected

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

December 1 2025

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

February 1 2026

Estimated Enrollment :

70 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT05373342

Start Date

December 1 2025

End Date

February 1 2026

Last Update

November 17 2025

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