FOR PRE-OPERATIVE SKIN DISINFECTION, HAND-WASHING, WOUND, BURNS :- 0.05% SOLUTION HAS BEEN USED. IN OBSTETRICS, CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE IS USED AS A 0.05% AQUEOUS SOLUTION OR A 1% CREAM .CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE IS USED IN A 1% DENTAL GEL, 0.2% ORAL SPRAY, AND 0.1 TO 0.2% MOUTHWASH FOR THE PREVENTION OF PLAQUE AND THE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF GINGIVITIS AND IN THE TREATMENT OF ORAL CANDIDIASIS. A SLOW-RELEASE FORMULATION CONTAINING 2.5 MG OF CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE FOR INSERTION INTO PERIODONTAL POCKETS IS ALSO AVAILABLE.
1-.2 % SOLUTION IS USED FOR ORAL HYGIENE,.02% FOR BLADDER IRRIGATION,.015%-.15% SOLUTION OR CREAMS ARE USED FOR WOUND DRESSINGS.FOR THE EMERGENCY DISINFECTION OF CLEAN INSTRUMENTS, A 2-MINUTE IMMERSION IN CHLORHEXIDINE ACETATE OR GLUCONATE 0.5% IN ALCOHOL (70%) IS USED; FOR THE STORAGE AND DISINFECTION OF CLEAN INSTRUMENTS A 30-MINUTE IMMERSION IN A 0.05% AQUEOUS SOLUTION CONTAINING 0.1% SODIUM NITRITE TO INHIBIT METAL CORROSION IS USED.
AS AN ANTIMICROBIAL PRESERVATIVE, CHLORHEXIDINE IS USED AT A CONCENTRATION OF 0.01% OF THE ACETATE OR GLUCONATE IN EYE DROPS. SOLUTIONS CONTAINING 0.002 TO 0.006% OF CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE HAVE ALSO BEEN USED FOR DISINFECTION OF HYDROPHILIC CONTACT LENSES.