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PHARMACEUTICALS
Volume 14, Issue 12, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/ph14121253
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antiseptics; antisepsis; wounds; treatment; octenidine; polihexanide; povidone-iodine; nanosilver; sodium hypochlorite
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Issues in wound healing are common, with chronic wound infections affecting 1.5% of the population. Antiseptics are commonly used in wound treatment, but older ones like boric acid and iodine are not recommended. Only newer antiseptics like OCT, PHMB, PVP-I, NaOCl and nanosilver are advised for wound treatment.
Issues arising in wound healing are very common, and chronic wound infections affect approximately 1.5% of the population. The main substances used in wound washing, cleansing and treatment are antiseptics. Today, there are many compounds with a known antiseptic activity. Older antiseptics (e.g., boric acid, ethacridine lactate, potassium permanganate, hydrogen peroxide, iodoform, iodine and dyes) are not recommended for wound treatment due to a number of disadvantages. According to the newest guidelines of the Polish Society for Wound Treatment and the German Consensus on Wound Antisepsis, only the following antiseptics should be taken into account for wound treatment: octenidine (OCT), polihexanide (PHMB), povidone-iodine (PVP-I), sodium hypochlorite (NaOCl) and nanosilver. This article provides an overview of the five antiseptics mentioned above, their chemical properties, wound applications, side effects and safety.
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