Molnlycke Hibiscrub Antibacterial Skin Cleanser – 5 Litre

Hibiscrub Antibacterial Skin Cleanser – 5 Litre

Five litres is the container for somewhere that gets through chlorhexidine scrub rather than keeping a bottle for emergencies: a busy yard, a boarding kennel, a practice, a rescue. It is the same Mölnlycke chlorhexidine gluconate cleanser as the small bottle, in the size that stops you running out halfway through a job.

Mölnlycke now sell this preparation under the Hibiwash name, and the 5 litre container is the size they picture on their own antiseptics page. Their stated purpose is human: surgical hand disinfection, antiseptic hand washing on the ward, and pre- and post-operative skin antisepsis. It is decanted into a smaller working bottle and diluted for each use rather than carried about as it comes.

Performance & Benefits

• Chlorhexidine gluconate cleanser with detergent, so it washes as well as disinfects.
• Chlorhexidine leaves residual activity on skin after rinsing, which is the property that made it the surgical standard.
• 5 litres, the bulk container, for premises that use it routinely rather than occasionally.
• Works out considerably cheaper per wash than buying 500ml bottles.
• Decants easily into a smaller pump or working bottle for day-to-day use.
• The same preparation long sold as Hibiscrub, now branded Hibiwash by Mölnlycke.

Suitable For

• Yards, kennels, catteries and practices getting through volume.
• Pre-operative surgical hand disinfection and antiseptic hand washing, which is Mölnlycke’s published indication.
• Pre-operative and post-operative skin antisepsis in people undergoing elective surgery.
• Somewhere with a lockable store, given the size of the container.
• Too much for a household first aid box or a single horse — the 500ml bottle is the sensible size there, and five litres will go off in a cupboard before it is used.

How to Use

• Decant into a clean, labelled working bottle rather than carrying five litres around.
• Follow the instructions for use supplied with the container; Mölnlycke publish the method in the IFU rather than online.
• Where a diluted wash is called for, dilute in warm water to the strength specified.
• Apply, leave in contact for the stated time, then rinse thoroughly with clean water.
• Keep the cap on and the container upright; store it off the floor and out of the sun.

Specification

• Chlorhexidine gluconate antibacterial skin cleanser. 5 litre container.
• Made by Mölnlycke Health Care. The preparation is now branded Hibiwash; Hibiscrub is the former name.
• Mölnlycke publish no chlorhexidine gluconate concentration on their website. The 4% w/v figure quoted across retail listings comes from the container label.
• Mölnlycke publish no dilution table online and direct users to the instructions for use supplied with the product.
• Mölnlycke publish no veterinary indication for this product, so none is claimed here.

Care & Caution

• For external use only. Not to be swallowed.
• Keep it out of eyes and ears — chlorhexidine can damage the eye and the inner ear.
• Do not use it on an animal without veterinary advice, and never undiluted on an animal’s skin.
• Decanted product must be labelled. An unlabelled bottle of concentrate in a yard kitchen is how accidents happen.
• Stop if skin becomes red, dry or sore, and take advice.
• Store out of reach of children and away from feed and drinking water.