Chlorhexidine gluconate is an over-the-counter (OTC) antiseptic used to clean and prepare skin for injections, surgeries, and other procedures. It is also available as a prescription oral rinse to ...

Out of the selected studies, three studies used spit-mouth design. Both the intervention and controlled groups were in the same patient (the left and right jaw) and the possible confounding ...

Objective: To study the efficacy of oral mucosal decontamination with chlorhexidine gel for the prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia in children between 3 months and 15 yrs. Design ...

Chlorhexidine gluconate 0.12% ... Peridex provides antimicrobial activity during oral rinsing. The clinical significance of its antimicrobial activities is not clear. Microbiological sampling ...

Oral rinse. Chlorhexidine is effective against most bacteria that are involved in gum infections, thus it is commonly used as ...