Pradhan 2009.

Methods	2‐arm RCT. Clean/contaminated (class 2) surgery
Participants	70 women undergoing emergency lower segment caesarean section, both primigravida and multigravida were included. Exclusion criteria: not reported Setting: emergency caesarean patients in a Nepalese hospital
Interventions	Intervention: single dose of topical fusidic acid 2% was applied to wound immediately after closure. Control: no ointment was applied after closure.
Outcomes	SSI (dichotomous)
Notes	Definition of SSI: presence of infection within 5 postoperative days. Criteria for infection not reported. Concurrent illness: none reported
Risk of bias
Bias	Authors' judgement	Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias)	Unclear risk	Comment: method of random sequence generation not reported.
Allocation concealment (selection bias)	Unclear risk	Comment: not reported
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) All outcomes	Unclear risk	Comment: not reported
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) All outcomes	Unclear risk	Comment: blinding of outcome assessment was not reported. Measurement of these outcomes was unlikely to be affected by blinding.
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) All outcomes	Low risk	Comment: outcome data were reported for all participants. Analysis was per ITT.
Selective reporting (reporting bias)	Unclear risk	Comment: outcome data were presented for all outcomes listed in methods section measured. Study protocol was not available for identification of any unreported outcomes.
Other bias	Low risk	Comment: none were identified.