Omphalitis primary prevention

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Each hospital/birthing center has its own recommendations for care of the umbilical cord after delivery. Some recommend not using any medicinal washes on the cord. Other popular recommendations include triple dye, betadine, bacitracin, or silver sulfadiazine. There is little data to support any one treatment (or lack thereof) over another.

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