Antiseptic Medication

Antiseptic Methods

A cytotoxic analysis of antiseptic medication on skin substitutes and autograft.

BACKGROUND There is an increasing demand for the clinical application of human skin substitutes (HSSs) for treating ulcers, burns and surgical wounds. Due to this increasing demand and due to the simultaneous requirement for the administration of topical antiseptic medications, there is a need to determine potential cytotoxic effects of these medications on HSSs compared with autograft skin. ...

The Antiseptic

Suprathel-antiseptic matrix: in vitro model for local antiseptic treatment?

Acetic acid is a traditional antiseptic agent that has been used for more than 6000 years. The main goal of this study was to demonstrate the suitability of Suprathel (PolyMedics Innovations GmbH, Denkendorf, Germany) in combination with various antiseptic agents to create an "antiseptic-matrix" especially designed for problematic microorganisms such as Proteus vulgaris, Acinetobacter baumannii...

Surgery — Antiseptic Vagaries

a pointed stick of orange wood, and the hands scrubbed again; then they should be immersed successively iu solutions of permanganate of potash, oxalic acid, and peroxide of hydrogen; finally, they should be soaked in corrosive sublimate and rinsed with boiled water." Another class of enthusiasts revel in antiseptic polypharmacy. The following (from the American Medico-Surgical Bulletin for May ...