Was Ist Chlorhexidine Digluconate?

Chlorhexidine (CHX) (commonly known by the salt forms chlorhexidine gluconate and chlorhexidine digluconate (CHG) or chlorhexidine acetate) is a disinfectant and antiseptic that is used for skin disinfection before surgery and to sterilize surgical instruments. ... Chlorhexidine came into medical use in the 1950s.

Is chlorhexidine a Digluconate?

Chlorhexidine digluconate is a bisbiguanide antiseptic and disinfectant, which is bactericidal or bacteriostatic against a wide range of gram negative and gram positive vegetative bacteria, yeasts, dermatophyte fungi and lipophilic viruses.

When was chlorhexidine discovered?

Chlorhexidine was discovered in 1946 and introduced into clinical practice in 1954.