Sanmed Healthcare Private Limited,
Kavuri Hills Phase 1, Kavuri Hills, Madhapur, Hyderabad, Telangana 500033
Composition:
Each 100 g contains
2-propanol - 45 g
1-propanol - 30 g
ethyl-hexadecyl-dimethyl ammonium-ethylsulphate (Mecetronium ethylsulphate) - 0.2 g
Mode of application:
Wash hands to remove coarse organic matter, if any, and dry.
Hygienic Hand Disinfection:
XEPI Rub M, 3 ml well over clean dry hands and nail grooves.
Surgical Hand Disinfection:
XEPI Rub M, 6 ml well over clean dry hands and nail grooves up to elbows.
Duration of entire procedure for Hand rub:
Alcohol based hand rubs reduce time needed for hand disinfection.
20 - 30 Seconds
Recommendations for use:
Hygienic hand disinfection 3ml - 30 sec.
Surgical hand disinfection conc - 1.5 min
Limited virucidal* (incl. HBV/HCV/HIV) conc - 15 sec
Vaccinia virus conc - 15 sec.
BVDV conc - 15 sec.
*acc. To recommendation, Bundesgesundheitsblatt
01/2004
Precautions:
Store in cool place
Protect from heat and light
Avoid contact with eyes and ears
Decontaminate hands in the following instances:
Before and after having direct contact with patient’s intact skin (such as when taking a pulse or blood pressure or lifting a patient)
After contact with body fluids or excretions, mucous membranes non intact skin, and wound dressings, even if hands are not visibly soiled
Before clean and aseptic procedures (e.g. inserting devices such as catheters)
If moving from a contaminated body site to a clean body site during patient care
After contact with inanimate objects (including medical equipment) in the immediate vicinity of the patient
After removing gloves
Before eating and after using restroom
Antimicrobial Activity:
Combining of both the alcohols produces synergetic effect on micro-organisms on hand.
XEPI Rub M is Broad-spectrum disinfectant with good activity against bacteria, enveloped viruses, fungi and mycobacteria. It inactivates bacterial spores.
XEPI Rub M mainly acts by coagulating proteins thereby denaturing them; the proteins that are denatured belong mainly to the cell wall, the cytoplasmic membrane and the various plasma proteins. Finally the increased permeability across the cell wall ultimately causing lysis of the organism.
