Sample of Chlorhexidine Products for Healthcare Use
发布时间：2017-07-03
In our never-ending attempt to vanquish healthcare-associated infections, the latest weapon to emerge is chlorhexidine gluconate (CHG). Not that CHG is exactly new: as an antiseptic, it has been around for more than 50 years.[1]Initially a topical disinfectant, CHG has recently crept into numerous other products and devices. We now have not only skin antiseptic solutions but surgical scrub products, bathing cloths, oral rinses, intravenous catheters, topical dressings, and implantable surgical mesh -- all infused with this relatively safe, broad-spectrum antiseptic (Table). Nor is the use of CHG limited to the hospital: CHG is increasingly added as a preservative to cosmetics and other personal care products.
Sample of Chlorhexidine Products for Healthcare Use
|
Product |
Format |
CHG Concentration |
Healthcare Uses |
|
Topical solution |
Sponge |
2% or 3.15% With 70% isopropyl alcohol |
Skin preparation for surgery, invasive procedures, central lines to prevent SSI and BSI |
|
Scrub solution |
Liquid detergent (sudsing base) |
2% or 4% aqueous |
Preoperative showering/bathing General skin cleansing |
|
Washcloth |
Impregnated single-use washcloth/wipe |
2% aqueous |
Daily bathing in ICU patients |
|
Dental solution |
Oral rinse |
0.12% |
Decontaminate oral cavity (ventilator-associated pneumonia prevention protocols) |
|
Gauze dressing |
Cotton-weave gauze dressing |
0.5% with paraffin |
Wounds or burns |
|
Catheter dressing |
CHG pad or integrated with semi-permeable transparent dressing |
2% gel pad or foam disk |
Peripherally inserted central catheters Central line dressings |
|
Hand rub |
Waterless antiseptic hand gel |
1% alcohol based with emollients |
Hand sanitizer for healthcare personnel (nonsoiled hands) |
BSI = bloodstream infection; CHG = chlorhexidine gluconate; ICU = intensive care unit; SSI = surgical site infection
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