The Delivery Center (DC) provides obstetric assistance centered on the parturient's needs according to scientific evidences. This study aimed to verify the occurrence of puerperal infection in the DC and to compare the clinical obstetric characteristics of the women readmitted in the hospital with puerperal infection to those who were not readmitted in the hospital. It is an exploratory and non-experimental research with retrospective data collection. The population was based on 51 puerparae who received assistance in the DC, from 2000 to 2003. The results demonstrated that among 10,559 deliveries, 0.16% of them presented puerperal infection and the obstetric assistance given in the DC was related to the puerperal infection, only when considering the duration of the labor. It was concluded that the obstetric assistance given by this model of care brings benefits to the women.
Puerperalinfection; Natural childbirth; Women's health; Obstetrical nursing
