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- Title
Percutaneous absorption of chlorhexidine in neonatal cord care.
- Authors
Aggett, P J; Cooper, L V; Ellis, S H; McAinsh, J
- Abstract
The percutaneous absorption of chlorhexidine during its routine use in topical antiseptic preparations used in umbilical cord care was investigated by determining plasma chlorhexidine concentrations at ages 5 and 9 days. These showed that percutaneous absorption of chlorhexidine occurred in preterm neonates treated with a 1% solution of chlorhexidine in ethanol, but not in term infants similarly treated, or in preterm infants treated only with a dusting powder containing 1% chlorhexidine and 3% zinc oxide.
- Publication
Archives of disease in childhood, 1981, Vol 56, Issue 11, p878
- ISSN
1468-2044
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1136/adc.56.11.878