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ANTISEPTICS AND DISINFECTANTS
Onconews.org provides news on cancer research. This section, which includes profiles on medicines that may or not be cancer-related is in beta form. If things run smoothly we will be releasing a new format late in the summer of 2006. In the meantime, thank you for your patience.
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| Chlorhexidine | | For reduction of pocket depth in patients with adult periodontitis, used as an adjunct to scaling and root planing procedures; For prevention of dental caries, oropharyngeal decontamination in critically ill patients; hand hygiene in health-care personnel; general skin cleanser; and catheter site preparation and care. |
| Hexachlorophene | | For use as a surgical scrub and a bacteriostatic skin cleanser. It may also be used to control an outbreak of gram-positive infection where other infection control procedures have been unsuccessful. |
| Proflavine | | For the treatment of superficial injuries |
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