Maternity units help women identify sepsis risk after c-section 

The new ways of informing patients about risks such as sepsis were devised after HSE researchers audited 900 women who had a c-section at hospitals under the Ireland South Women and Infants Directorate. Picture: PA

Women leaving hospital after a caesarean section could not recognise a sepsis infection in their wound due to lack of information from hospitals, research at four Munster units found.

The manner in which information is shared with women was changed as a result, leading to a 44% reduction in infections at Cork University Maternity Hospital (CUMH).