Ncc obstetric inpatient questions
and Answers Updated 2026
SurgicalBinfectionB-BAnswerAnBinfectionBoccurringBwithinB30BdaysBofBmedicalBprocedureB(CDC)
IncidenceBofBabdominalBincisionBinfectionsBfollowingBcesareanBbirthB-BAnswer3-
15%B(averageB5%)
WithBantibioticBprophylaxis,BtheBincidenceBofBabdominalBincisionBinfectionsBfollowingBc/sB-
BAnswer2%BorBless.
RiskBforBcesareanBpostpartumBVTEB-BAnswer1:1000
CesareanBcomplicationsBinBsubsequentBpregnancies,BincidenceBofBabnormalBplacentaBroomB(ac
creta,Bincreta,Bpercreta)B-BAnswerAccreta-B75-78%
Increta-B17%
Percreta-B5%
TORCHB-
BAnswerGroupBofBviral,Bbacterial,BandBprotozoanBinfectionsBthatBgainBaccessBtoBfetalBbloodstr
eamBtransplacentallyBviaBchorionicBvilliB(toxoplasmosis,BotherBinfections,Brubella,Bcytomegalovir
us,BherpesBsimplexBvirus)
ToxoplasmosisB-
BAnswerT.BGondiiB(oocystBformedBinBtheBcatBintestineBandBsubsequentlyBexcretesBinBtheBfece
s)
DefinitionBofBpostpartumBinfectionB-
BAnswerTemperatureBofB100.4B(38c)BoccurringBinBanyBtwoBsuccessiveBdaysBwithinBtheBfirstB1
0BdaysBpostpartumBexclusiveBofBtheBfirstB24Bhours
EndometritisB-BAnswerInfectionBofBtheBliningBofBtheButerus
TheBmostBcommonBcauseBofBpostpartumBfeverB-BAnswerEndometritis
and Answers Updated 2026
SurgicalBinfectionB-BAnswerAnBinfectionBoccurringBwithinB30BdaysBofBmedicalBprocedureB(CDC)
IncidenceBofBabdominalBincisionBinfectionsBfollowingBcesareanBbirthB-BAnswer3-
15%B(averageB5%)
WithBantibioticBprophylaxis,BtheBincidenceBofBabdominalBincisionBinfectionsBfollowingBc/sB-
BAnswer2%BorBless.
RiskBforBcesareanBpostpartumBVTEB-BAnswer1:1000
CesareanBcomplicationsBinBsubsequentBpregnancies,BincidenceBofBabnormalBplacentaBroomB(ac
creta,Bincreta,Bpercreta)B-BAnswerAccreta-B75-78%
Increta-B17%
Percreta-B5%
TORCHB-
BAnswerGroupBofBviral,Bbacterial,BandBprotozoanBinfectionsBthatBgainBaccessBtoBfetalBbloodstr
eamBtransplacentallyBviaBchorionicBvilliB(toxoplasmosis,BotherBinfections,Brubella,Bcytomegalovir
us,BherpesBsimplexBvirus)
ToxoplasmosisB-
BAnswerT.BGondiiB(oocystBformedBinBtheBcatBintestineBandBsubsequentlyBexcretesBinBtheBfece
s)
DefinitionBofBpostpartumBinfectionB-
BAnswerTemperatureBofB100.4B(38c)BoccurringBinBanyBtwoBsuccessiveBdaysBwithinBtheBfirstB1
0BdaysBpostpartumBexclusiveBofBtheBfirstB24Bhours
EndometritisB-BAnswerInfectionBofBtheBliningBofBtheButerus
TheBmostBcommonBcauseBofBpostpartumBfeverB-BAnswerEndometritis