Drug Facts

Active ingredient

chlorhexidine gluconate 2% solution

Purpose

surgical hand scrub

healthcare personnel handwash

Uses

• surgical hand scrub: significantly reduces the number of microorganisms on the hands and forearms prior to surgery or patient care
• healthcare personnel handwash: helps reduce bacteria that potentially can cause disease

Warnings

For external use only

When using this product

• keep out of eyes, ears, and mouth
• may cause serious and permanent eye injury if placed or kept in the eye during surgical procedures or may cause deafness when instilled in the middle ear through perforated eardrums
• if solution should contact these areas, rinse out promptly and thoroughly with water
• wounds that involve more than the superficial layers of the skin should not be routinely treated
• repeated general skin cleansing of large body areas should not be done except when the underlying condition makes it necessary to reduce the bacterial population of the skin

Directions

• Use with care in premature infants or infants under 2 months of age. These products may cause irritation or chemical burns.

Other information

• store at 20-25° C (68-77° F)
• avoid excessive heat above 40° C (104° F)

Inactive ingredients

citric add. cocamide DEA, hydroxyethylcellulose, isopropyl alcohol, lauramine oxide, purified water

Questions or comments?

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Principal Display Panel – Box Label

NDC 17271-506-02

BD E-Z Scrub™

Chlorhexidine
Gluconate 2% Solution
Antiseptic

REF 372416
Foreign Patents and patents Pending.
U.S. Patent 6,427,875

Chlorhexidine Gluconate

32 FL. OZ (946 ml)