Antiinfectives and antiseptics for local oral treatment
Exidine
The FDA lists this product in 2 strengths and forms.
Indications
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 and precautions
Warnings For external use only Allergy alert: This product may cause 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 are allergic to chlorhexidine gluconate or any other ingredient in this product 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. if solution should contact these areas, rinse out promptly and thoroughly with water wounds which involve more than the superficial layers of the skin should not be routinely treated Stop use and ask a doctor if irritation, sensitization, or allergic reaction occurs.
These may be signs of a serious condition. Keep out of reach of children. If swallowed, get medical help or contact a Poison Control Center right away.
Composition
- Active ingredients
- CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE 4%
Strengths and forms
The FDA lists each strength of a product separately; these pages share one label.
- CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE 4% · Aerosol, meteredThis page
- CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE 2.5% · SolutionNDA019421-001 · Discontinued



