Uses
- healthcare personnel handwash: helps reduce bacteria that potentially can cause disease
- skin wound and general skin cleansing
Warnings
For external use only
Allergy alert:
This product may casue a severe allergic reaction. Symptoms may include:
- wheezing/difficulty breathing
- shock
- facial swelling
- hives
- rash
If an allergic reaction occurs, stop use and seek medical help right away
Do not use
- if you or the patient is allergic to chlorhexidine gluconate or any other ingredient in this product
- in contact with meninges
- in the gential area
When using this product
- keep out of eyes, ears, and mouth. May cause serious and permanent eye injury if permitted to enter and remain in the eye or may cause deafness when instilled in the middle ear through perforated eardrums.
- is solution should contact these areas, rinse out promptly and throughly with water
- wounds which involve more than the superfical layers of the skin should not be routinely treated
- repeated general skin cleansing of large body areas should not be done expect when advised by health care provider
Directions
- use with care in premature infants or infants under 2 months of age. These products may cause irritation or chemical burns.
Healthcare personnel handwash:
- wet hands with water
- dispense about 5 mL of product into cupped hands and wash in vigorous manner for about 15 seconds
- rinse and dry throughly
Skin wound and general skin cleansing:
- throughly rinse the area to be cleaned with water
- apply the minimum amount of product necessary to cover the skin or wound area and wash gently
- rinse again throughly
Inactive ingredients
cocamide DEA, fragrance, glucono-delta-lactone, hydroxyethylcellulose, isopropyl alcohol, lauramine oxide, PEG-75 lanolin, purified water, tridecyl alcohol
Laundering/Cleaning Instructions
Chlorhexidine gluconate skin cleanser will cause stains if used with chlorine releasing products, such as chlorine bleach.
Distribution Statement
*This product is not manufactured or distributed by Molnlycke Healthcare, owner of Hibiclens®
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