Prevention of bacterial infections in the newborn by pre-delivery administration of azithromycin: Study protocol of a randomized efficacy trial

Table 1 Summary of the study activities including follow up visits and sampling

Visit number	Pre-intervention	Post-intervention
	Day 0 (delivery)	Day 0 (delivery)	Day 1 to 6	Week 1 (days 8–10)	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5 to 8
Window period	---	----	1 day	Day 6 to 13	−2/+4 days	−3/+3 days	−3/+3 days	−3/+3 days
Health Centre visit	X	X		X
Home follow-up visits			X		X	X	X	X
Informed consent	X
Review inclusion/exclusion criteria	X
Adverse events	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
NPS mother	X		X^a		X		X
NPS newborn		X	X^a		X		X
Breast milk sample			X^a		X		X
Vaginal swab	X			X

ISSN: 1471-2393