Leante Castellanos, José LuisPérez Muñuzuri, AlejandroRuiz Campillo, César WSanz López, EsterBenavente Fernández, IsabelSánchez Redondo, María DoloresRite Gracia, SegundoSánchez Luna, Manuel2023-01-252023-01-252019-04-07http://hdl.handle.net/10668/13810The care of the umbilical cord until its detachment still remains controversial. The latest updated recommendations by the World Health Organisation advocate dry cord care in those countries with adequate obstetric care and low neonatal mortality rate. In recent years, new studies and reviews attribute some benefit to applying chlorhexidine on the umbilical stump. An analysis is presented here of the available evidence and results in the advisability of still recommending the dry cord care in the newborns in our setting.esAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ChlorhexidineClorhexidinaCordón umbilicalMortalidad neonatalNeonatal mortalityOmphalitisOnfalitisSepsisUmbilical cordHumansInfant CareInfant, NewbornPractice Guidelines as TopicUmbilical Cordresearch article30971383open access10.1016/j.anpedi.2019.01.0192341-2879https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anpedi.2019.01.019