Chlorhexidine (vaginal wash or gel/cream) vs placebo or no treatment
Adverse (mild) effects in the mother · women with vaginal or rectal colonization with GBS during labour and their preterm/term infants
It is very uncertain whether chlorhexidine (vaginal wash or gel/cream) changes adverse (mild) effects in the mother compared with placebo or no treatment (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
- Vaginal chlorhexidine during labour to prevent early‐onset neonatal group B streptococcal infection 2014 · Cochrane Headline outcomes onlyRR 8.5 [1.6, 45.28]3 studies · 1066 participantsVery low