Prep for vaginal Delivery

Specialties Ob/Gyn

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My hospital is looking into changing from the traditional betadine prep for vag delivery to soap and water (or even no prep at all). I cannot find any research on this, anyone have any data that can help me put together our policy with the most up-to-date information? What do you use in your hospital (vag delivery only)??? Do you have some data to back up your use (or non-use) of lady partsl prep? Thanks!

We are trying to stop the practice of betadine vag prep's but I am unable to find any "evidence based" info to included in my recomendation to our doctors.... any one have artials or anything to back up no prep or just soap and water prep???

Specializes in L&D.

I don't do them. If the doc/CNM insists on a wash, I use very diluted hibiclens hand soap with tons of water. A quick splash, that's it. No need to do a prep before a lady partsl birth. I think I read a study (a while ago) to support NOT doing betadine prep because of the potential for excessive fetal iodine uptake increasing the level in the baby's thyroid.

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