ATC Group: D09AA12 Chlorhexidine

The World Health Organization's ATC classification organizes medical drugs based on therapeutic properties, chemical composition, and anatomy. It helps make essential medicines readily available globally and is widely used in the pharmaceutical industry.

Position of D09AA12 in the ATC hierarchy

Level Code Title
1 D Dermatologicals
2 D09 Medicated dressings
3 D09A Medicated dressings
4 D09AA Medicated dressings with antiinfectives
5 D09AA12 Chlorhexidine

Active ingredients in D09AA12

Active Ingredient Description
Chlorhexidine

Chlorhexidine is an antimicrobial agent, active against a broad spectrum of Gram-positive and Gram-negative organisms, yeasts, fungi, opportunistic anaerobes and aerobes. Chlorhexidine is mainly a “membrane-acting” agent that destroys the outer membrane of the bacteria. It is inactive on bacterial spores unless the temperatures are high.

Medicines in this ATC group

South Africa (ZA)

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