Abstract
The implementation of many hospital alternative birthing centers has been accompanied by a relaxation in the use of surgical drapes or sterile professional attire. To determine if the use or nonuse of sterile attire was accompanied by any difference in postpartum maternal or neonatal infectious morbidity, a retrospective review of records for 1 year was done in a hospital that permits variation in professional attire for spontaneous birth to women at low obstetric risk. A sample of 243 deliveries was reviewed. A comparison of the incidence of standard features of morbidity among six practitioners and three attire groups revealed no differences. Until contrary documentation is available, this supports the safety of allowing variation in attire under circumstances of low obstetric risk and minimal intervention deliveries.
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