ATC Group: S01AX09 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 S01AX09 in the ATC hierarchy

Level Code Title
1 S Sensory organs
2 S01 Ophthalmologicals
3 S01A Antiinfectives
4 S01AX Other antiinfectives
5 S01AX09 Chlorhexidine

Active ingredients in S01AX09

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.