Chlorhexidine Umbilical Cord Care Can Save Newborn Lives
Published February 7, 2012
For the study, Johns Hopkins researchers and colleagues in Bangladesh enrolled more than 29000 newborns in a randomized trial to determine the effectiveness of single cleansing with 4 percent chlorhexidine or 7-day cleansing ... A separate study by researchers from Aga Khan University in Pakistan, which also appears in the current issue of The Lancet, found that cord cleansing with chlorhexidine reduced infant mortality 38 percent and infections by 42 percent.
