BRILLIANT-GREEN AS AN ANTISEPTIC

Iodine as an Antiseptic

Modified Selenite Brilliant-green Medium

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Polyhexanide - safety and efficacy as an antiseptic.

BACKGROUND Polyhexamethylene biguanide hydrochloride/polyhexanide/polyaminopropyl biguanide (PHMB) is used as a disinfectant and antiseptic. This article discusses the use of the substance as an antiseptic. We summarise published data on its antimicrobial effect in vitro and its clinical effect and safety when used on skin, wounds and mucosa.MATERIAL AND METHOD A literature search was conducted...

Colloidal Silver (CS) as an Antiseptic: Two opposing viewpoints

CS preparations for topical and/or oral use were subsequently developed to overcome the astringency of, and staining by, simple silver salts[2] while retaining the long-known antiseptic properties of metallic silver.[3] The older preparations, pre-1910, usually contained high levels of oxidized silver (Ag+), not precipitated by isotonic salt solutions, made from silver nitrate and various carri...

Osteotomy as an indicator of antiseptic surgical practice.

In the UK Government's 1993 review of science and technology the statement is made that "the interval between scientific discovery and practical application is diminishing".' Two changes might explain such an acceleration of the acceptance of scientific innovation. Alterations may have occurred in the way that scientific ideas are spread, with concomitant increases in their rates of diffusion. ...