Chlorhexidine: Risk Groups

Pregnant women:
No known special risks for pregnant women and fetus.

Nursing mothers:
No information available.

Children:
No particular cautionary measures are necessary. Chlorhexidine has been registered in the blood of some neonates (no symptoms) after baths with 4% detergent gel.

Elderly people:
No particular cautionary measures are necessary.

Renal failure:
No particular cautionary measures are necessary.

Liver insufficiency:
No particular cautionary measures are necessary.

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