Adverse events Up to 24 weeks' · people with diabetes and foot ulcers
1 finding from 1 review
Outcomes (
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
Time to complete healing
Topical antimicrobial agent showed no clear difference in time to complete wound healing (time to event data) (6 months) compared with topical non‐antimicrobial agent (moderate certainty).
2 findings from 1 review
Proportion of wounds healed
Topical antimicrobial agent showed no clear difference in proportion of wounds completely healed within 10 days (10 days) compared with topical non‐antimicrobial agent (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Change in wound surface area over time or partial healing – not measured
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
Infection (unclear
It is very uncertain whether topical antimicrobial agent changes infection (unclear compared with topical non‐antimicrobial agent (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Proportion of wounds healed · people with diabetes and foot ulcers
It is very uncertain whether topical antimicrobial agent changes proportion of wounds healed compared with growth factor (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Incidence of infection · people with diabetes and foot ulcers
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
No studies found
Resolution of infection · people with diabetes and foot ulcers
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
No studies found
Adverse events · people with diabetes and foot ulcers
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
No studies found
Infection: chlorhexidine versus no antimicrobial/no additional antimicrobial · people with burns
It is very uncertain whether chlorhexidine changes infection: chlorhexidine versus no antimicrobial/no additional… compared with non‐antibacterial (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Outcomes ( · people with facial burns
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
Time to complete healing · people with facial burns
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
Proportion of wounds healed · people with facial burns
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
Change in wound surface area over time or partial wound healing (> 90%) (until wound healing) · people with facial burns
1 finding from 1 review
Infection (until wound healing and unclear (2x)) · people with facial burns
1 finding from 1 review
Hospital‐acquired infections Data collected during ICU stay · critically ill patients
1 finding from 1 review
Mortality (ICU, hospital) (days) · critically ill patients
It is very uncertain whether bathing of the critically ill with chlorhexidine changes mortality Data collected (where reported) in hospital, in the ICU,… compared with bathing with soap and water or non‐antimicrobial washcloths (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Duration of ICU stay · critically ill patients
1 finding from 1 review
Adverse effects: skin reactions. Reported as attributable to chlorhexidine or soap and water. Data collected during ICU stay · critically ill patients
1 finding from 1 review