Chlorhexidine vs povidone‐iodine: All‐cause mortality ‐ Chlorhexidine in aqueous solution versus povidone‐iodine in aqueous solution Clinical assessment
Chlorhexidine showed no clear difference in all‐cause mortality ‐ Chlorhexidine in aqueous solution versus… compared with povidone‐iodine (low certainty).
What each review found
Include earlier review versions| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Chlorhexidine vs povidone‐iodine All‐cause mortality ‐ Chlorhexidine in aqueous solution versus povidone‐iodine in aqueous solution Clinical assessment · patients with a central venous catheter Chlorhexidine showed no clear difference in all‐cause mortality ‐ Chlorhexidine in aqueous solution versus… compared with povidone‐iodine (low certainty). Skin antisepsis for reducing central venous catheter‐related infections (2016) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 1.15 [0.72, 1.83] | 1 study · 213 participants | Low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Skin antisepsis for reducing central venous catheter‐related infections 2016 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | Not reported | list not extracted yet | Not assessed |
Studies behind the findings
None of these reviews ties its included studies to this outcome in the data here. Cochrane reviews and reviews with headline outcomes only do not list their studies yet.
How reviews are matched to this question
Reviews word the same question differently. Four decision models (TypeSafe's Jev, Liquid AI's d1-ultra, SubQ Snap and Baseten's Elephant) judged each wording of the population, intervention, comparator and outcome against the others; two wordings count as the same when at least three of them agree and none clearly disagrees, and findings count as this question only when all four elements match. Timing, setting and subgroup never split a question: they are shown on each finding.