Antibacterial-coated Sutures at Time of Cesarean

Exclusion Criteria

• •Patient unwilling or unable to provide consent.
• •No prenatal care or a non-resident patient who is unlikely to be followed-up after delivery.
• •Immunosuppressed patients: i.e., taking systemic immunosuppressant or steroids (e.g. transplant patients; not including steroids for lung maturity), HIV with CD4\<200, or other.
• •Decision to use other than suture closure (e.g. secondary wound closure, mesh closure).
• •Skin infection.
• •Coagulopathy.
• •High likelihood of additional surgical procedure beyond cesarean (e.g. scheduled hysterectomy, bowel or adnexal surgery).
• •Allergy to Triclosan.
• •Incarcerated individuals.