OCTENIDINE IS AN ESTABLISHED ANTISEPTIC IN A LARGE FIELD OF APPLICATIONS AND REPRESENTS AN ALTERNATIVE TO OLDER SUBSTANCES SUCH AS CHLORHEXIDINE, POLYVIDONE-IODINE OR TRICLOSAN. IT IS ACTIVE AGAINST GRAM-POSITIVE AND GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA.
OCTENIDINE IS ABSORBED NEITHER THROUGH THE SKIN, NOR THROUGH MUCOUS MEMBRANES, NOR VIA WOUNDS AND DOES NOT PASS THE PLACENTAL BARRIER.