- BRAUN MEDICAL has launched Prontoderm, a new generation of tailored antimicrobial solutions which are highly effective against MRSA and other bacteria.
Polyhexanide has been used safely for years as a contact lens solution preservative, as a disinfection agent in swimming pools and, in mainland Europe, to treat infected wounds and colonised skin. Results in Germany are impressive – for example when a decontamination procedure using a polyhexanide solution was introduced at the 972-bed Klinikum Wiesbaden hospital in Germany, the incidence of MRSA dropped by 78% over three years.
