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Chlorhexidine vaginal wash vs placebo

Chorioamnionitis Clinical findings · Pregnant women with a gestational age greater than 28 weeks, considered to be in labour receiving chlorhexidine vaginal douching during…

Chlorhexidine vaginal wash showed no clear difference in chorioamnionitis Clinical findings compared with placebo (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Chlorhexidine vaginal wash vs placebo

Postpartum endometritis Clinical findings · Pregnant women with a gestational age greater than 28 weeks, considered to be in labour receiving chlorhexidine vaginal douching during…

Chlorhexidine vaginal wash showed no clear difference in postpartum endometritis Clinical findings compared with placebo (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Chlorhexidine vaginal wash vs placebo

Neonatal sepsis · Pregnant women with a gestational age greater than 28 weeks, considered to be in labour receiving chlorhexidine vaginal douching during…

Chlorhexidine vaginal wash showed no clear difference in neonatal sepsis Clinical findings compared with placebo (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Chlorhexidine vaginal wash vs placebo

Blood culture confirming neonatal sepsis Clinical findings and confirmation by laboratory · Pregnant women with a gestational age greater than 28 weeks, considered to be in labour receiving chlorhexidine vaginal douching during…

Chlorhexidine vaginal wash showed no clear difference in blood culture confirming neonatal sepsis Clinical findings and… compared with placebo (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Chlorhexidine (vaginal wash or gel/cream) vs placebo or no treatment

Early onset GBS disease (sepsis and/or meningitis within the first seven days of life)) · 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 early onset GBS disease (sepsis and/or meningitis within the first… compared with placebo or no treatment (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Chlorhexidine (vaginal wash or gel/cream) vs placebo or no treatment

GBS pneumonia within the first seven days of life · 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 GBS pneumonia within the first seven days of life compared with placebo or no treatment (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Chlorhexidine (vaginal wash or gel/cream) vs placebo or no treatment

Neonatal colonization with GBS within the first seven days of life · 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 neonatal colonization with GBS within the first seven days of life compared with placebo or no treatment (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

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