octenidine – a unique antiseptic
09/09/2009
octenidine is an innovative broad spectrum antiseptic which is leading the way in antiseptic innovation. Developed by schülke to meet the need for a powerful antimicrobial agent, octenidine is also gentle on the skin and is suitable for use on the most vulnerable patient groups including the elderly, those with compromised immune systems, expectant mothers and even premature babies. octenidine has a broad antimicrobial effect, including multi-resistant strains and shows very good skin, mucous membrane and tissue tolerability. It has no systemic side effects, does not lead to resistance forming and has a 24 hour residual effect.
octenidine is the active ingredient in Octenisan® antimicrobial hair and body wash, octenilin® Wound Irrigation Solution and octenilin® Wound Gel.
Says Gary Durkin, Product Manager schülke UK: “octenidine is the success story of an innovative agent. A recent paper commented that octenidine is more active than other frequently used antimicrobials against common bacteria including E coli and S aureus. octenidine reduced the level of bacteria by between 90% and 99.98% depending on the concentration used. Looking to the future, more products will be developed based on octenidine widening further its areas of application.”
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