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Septic abortion can be prevented by ensuring that the abortion procedure is safe with proper medical management and protocols in the case of contraceptive failure.

Septic abortion refers to the occurrence of an infection that developed in or around the uterus during or after an abortion that is less than 20 weeks of gestation. The genital tract at during this period is particularly vulnerable to infection and sepsis in most cases, are caused by a combination of factors including but not limited to the attempt to perform an abortion by untrained, non-certified personnel or facility, non-sterilized instruments, or other predispositions that can make a person more susceptible to infections.

Statistics : Maternal Mortality relevance to Septic Abortion
Septic abortion contribute significantly to maternal mortality rate.

diagnosis
Clinical evaluation, bacterial cultures, and ultrasonography are amongst the most common modalities used in diagnosing septic abortion.

Clinical findings are based on any infections ranging in severity in any pregnant patients presenting with fevers over 38 °C or 100.4 °F with severe abdominal pain and peritonitis. A complete blood count (CBC) with differential should be done in patients with a fever to assess the presence of leukocytosis and brandemic which are the infection markers. Labs such as electrolytes level, glucose, blood urea nitrogen (BUN), creatinine, liver function test, antibody screening, lactate level and coagulation studies such as prothrombin time (PT), activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT) and fibrinogen should be looked at for any abnormalities especially with women with excessive bleeding.

A high vaginal and cervical swab should be taken for people who are suspected to have septic abortion. Primary organism isolated are the non-clostridial anaerobic and microaerophilic bacteria; anaerobic streptococci and bacteroides

Table: pathogenic organisms in Septic Abortion group A of beta haemolytic streptococci are the most pathogenic and are usually introduced into the genital tract as they are not normally found in the normal vaginal flora. Groups B and D are less virulent but it is also not found as the part of vaginal flora.