3M Avagard

3M Health Care

FULL PRESCRIBING INFORMATION: CONTENTS*

• Active ingredients
• Purpose
• 3M Avagard Uses
• Warnings
  • When using this product
• Directions
  • Surgical hand antiseptic
  • Healthcare personnel hand antiseptic
• 3M Avagard Other information
• Inactive ingredients
• Questions?

FULL PRESCRIBING INFORMATION

Drug Facts

Active ingredients

Chlorhexidine gluconate 1% w/w

Ethyl alcohol 61% w/w

Purpose

Antiseptic

Antiseptic

Uses

• surgical hand antiseptic: significantly reduces the number of micro-organisms on the hands and forearms prior to surgery or patient care
• healthcare personnel hand antiseptic: handwash to help reduce bacteria that potentially can cause disease
• recommended for repeated use

Warnings

Flammable, keep away from fire or flame. For external use only

Do not use if you are allergic to chlorhexidine gluconate or any other ingredients in this preparation

When using this product

• do not touch the eye with hands that have been treated with this preparation
• keep out of eyes, ears, and mouth. May cause serious and permanent eye injury if permitted to enter and remain in the eye.
• if contact occurs, rinse with cold water right away
• do not use routinely if you have wounds which involve more than the superficial layers of the skin

Stop use and ask a doctor if irritation, sensitization or allergic reaction occurs. These may be signs of a serious condition

Keep out of reach of children. If swallowed, get medical help or contact a Poison Control Center right away.

Directions

Use with care in premature infants or infants under 2 months of age. These products may cause irritation or chemical burns.

Surgical hand antiseptic

• apply to clean, dry hands and nails. For the first use of each day, clean under nails with a nail stick.
• dispense one pump (2 mL) into the palm of one hand
• dip the fingertips of the opposite hand into the lotion and work it under the nails
• spread the remaining lotion over the hand and up to just above the elbow
• using another 2 mL of lotion, repeat with the other hand
• dispense another 2 mL of lotion into either hand; reapply to all aspects of both hands up to the wrists
• allow to dry before donning gloves

Healthcare personnel hand antiseptic

• apply to clean, dry hands and nails
• dispense one pump (2 mL) into the palm of one hand
• paying particular attention to the spaces between the fingers and under fingernails, apply the lotion evenly to cover both hands up to the wrists
• allow to dry without wiping

Other information

• store at 20-25°c (68-77°F)

Inactive ingredients

beheneth 10, behenyl alcohol, C20-40 pareth-24, cetyl palmitate, diisopropyl dimer dilinoleate, dimethicone, glycerin, polyethylene glycol, squalane, water

Questions?

Call 1-800-228-3957

Principal Display Panel – 500mL Bottle Label

3M

NDC 17518-051-01

Avagard™

(ChlorhexidineGluconate 1% Solution and Ethyl Alcohol 61% w/w)

Surgical & Healthcare Personnel Hand Antiseptic with Moisturizers

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Patent: 3M.com/Patents

MAL10110039XC

16 floz • 500 mL

REF 9200