CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE 500 mg Cloth, 2-count
🆔 Identity & classification
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🏷️ RxNorm drug class
This medicine belongs to the Antiinfectives and antiseptics for local oral treatment class.
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🏭 Manufacturer & labeler
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🩺 Clinical
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🧪 Inactive Ingredients / Excipients
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Aloe vera leaf is a plant extract derived from the aloe plant. It is used in medicines as a natural moisturizer and skin-soothing agent in topical formulations.
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Dimethicone 350 is a silicone-based oil. It works as a lubricant and anti-foaming agent to help the medicine flow smoothly during manufacturing and reduce unwanted bubbles in the final product.
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Gluconolactone is a mild organic acid derived from glucose. It functions as a buffer and pH regulator in medicines, helping maintain stable acidity levels and improve product stability.
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Glycerin is a clear, thick liquid derived from plant oils or fats. It acts as a humectant to retain moisture, a sweetener, and a solvent in medications.
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Nonoxynol-9 is a surfactant, a chemical that reduces surface tension. In medicines, it acts as an emulsifier or solubilizer, helping mix ingredients that normally don't combine well, and may also serve as a preservative or antimicrobial agent.
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A synthetic emulsifier derived from sorbitol and oleic acid. It helps mix oil and water-based ingredients together and keeps them from separating in liquid formulations.
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Propylene glycol is a clear liquid derived from petroleum or vegetable sources. It acts as a solvent, humectant, and preservative in medicines, helping dissolve active ingredients and maintain product stability.
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Water is a liquid solvent that dissolves and mixes ingredients together in liquid medicines, syrups, and injections. It helps distribute the active drug evenly throughout the product.
8 inactive ingredients listed in the exact product block matched to this NDC.
Label-section wording can be broader than the structured product block and may mention additional formulation ingredients.
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ingredient classCode="IACT" elements from the exact product block matched by this NDC. Label-section narrative from DailyMed / the openFDA label index is shown separately when available.Inactive ingredient FAQ
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💲 Pricing
A drug doesn't have one price. Each row is a different public payment system, and none is what you'd pay at the counter — that depends on your insurance. The ⓘ on each row explains what it measures.
| Price system | Per each | Per package |
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| Retail pharmacies payNADAC · weekly | Not in the retail survey — common for institutional, discontinued, or low-volume packs. | |
| Medicaid paysCMS SDUD · 12 mo | No recent Medicaid claims on file for this NDC — rare and low-volume NDCs are suppressed in the public data. | |
| Medicare drug plans payPart D · quarterly | No Part D plan price is available for this NDC in our data. | |
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🔁 Therapeutic equivalents
| Product | Labeler | Pack | NADAC/unit | TE | Status | Price vs. this |
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| ReadyPrep CHG 500 mg 53329-0244-01 | Medline | 2 cloths | — | — | FDA listed | — |
| Chlorhexidine Gluconate 500 mgthis 53462-0705-20 | Sage | 2 cloths | — | — | FDA listed | — |
| Swab Stick 2% w/w chlorhexidine gluconate (CHG) 20 mg/mL 84128-0011-01 | XINXIANG | 1 applicator | — | — | FDA listed | — |
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⏳ Availability & generic status
We did not find an FDA-approved generic match for this exact strength, form and route. Patent/protection dates below may affect future generic timing.
Why the date isn’t exact: Generic timing can change because patents may be challenged, settled, licensed, added, removed, or worked around with a narrower label — and FDA approval does not always mean a pharmacy can get the generic today.
🛈 What do these terms mean?
- Patent
- Legal protection listed in the Orange Book that may delay generic approval or launch. Issued by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office.
- Substance patent
- Covers the active drug molecule itself — the hardest to design around. A generic generally can’t launch until it expires.
- Formulation (product) patent
- Covers a specific formulation or dosage form. A generic can sometimes work around it with a different formulation.
- Method-of-use patent
- A patent covering one specific approved use of the drug — not necessarily the whole molecule. A generic can sometimes launch with a “skinny label” that carves out the protected use and keeps the others.
- Skinny label
- A generic label that omits a still-patented use when the FDA allows it — letting a generic reach the market for the unprotected uses.
- Exclusivity
- FDA-granted marketing protection, separate from patents — e.g. 5-yr new chemical entity, 7-yr orphan drug, or a +6-month pediatric extension.
- Paragraph IV
- A generic applicant’s formal challenge to a listed patent. It can potentially lead to earlier generic entry, but often involves litigation or a settlement.
- RLD / RS
- Reference Listed Drug — the brand product the FDA uses as the reference for generic applications. Reference Standard — the product the FDA expects generics to compare against in bioequivalence testing.
- TE / AB rating
- FDA therapeutic-equivalence rating. An AB rating generally means the FDA considers a generic therapeutically equivalent to — and substitutable for — the brand.
- LOE (loss of exclusivity)
- The latest patent or exclusivity currently listed — the loss-of-exclusivity / latest-listed-protection date shown on this page. Paragraph-IV challenges and settlements can move the real date earlier; FDA approval and a manufacturer’s decision to market can move it later.
Built from the FDA Orange Book. The bars above are scaled to each protection’s expiry; the red LOE marker is the last one to lapse.
| Patent | Type | Use code | Expires |
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| US 7935093 ↗ | Method of use | U-1022 | Oct 2, 2027 |
| US 7427574 ↗ | Drug product | — | Apr 25, 2026 |
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📊 Medicare Part D spend CMS · PART D · 2026 (Q1)
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📦 Packaging — all sizes for this product
| Package NDC | Description | Marketing start | Status |
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| 53462-0705-20 You're viewing this | 2 CLOTH in 1 PACKAGE (53462-705-20) | 2006-02-01 | Active |
| 53462-0705-23 | 6 CLOTH in 1 PACKAGE (53462-705-23) | 2006-02-01 | Discontinued by firm |
| 53462-0705-26 | 6 CLOTH in 1 PACKAGE (53462-705-26) | 2019-10-31 | Active |
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🧭 About this NDC listing & data coverage
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| Active ingredient / dosage form / route | ✓ Available |
| FDA label (SPL via DailyMed) | ✓ Available |
| Package photos | — Not published for this NDC No photo available yet for this listing. |
| Inactive ingredients (structured) | ✓ Available |
| NADAC pharmacy acquisition price (CMS) | — Not published for this NDC CMS publishes NADAC only for NDCs reported in its retail-pharmacy survey. |
| Orange Book / therapeutic-equivalence data | ✓ Available |
| HCPCS J-code billing crosswalk | — Not published for this NDC Most self-administered / retail products have no J-code — that is normal. |
| Medicaid utilization (CMS SDUD) | — Not published for this NDC CMS reports utilization only for NDCs with Medicaid claims above its privacy threshold. |
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📄 FDA label — Drug Facts FDA SPL
🎯 Indications and Usage ▾
Uses helps reduce bacteria that can potentially cause skin infection for preparation of skin prior to surgery
⏱️ Dosage and Administration ▾
Directions use with care in premature infants or infants under 2 months of age. These products may cause irritation or chemical burns. do not microwave product and packaging are not sterile. Follow your hospital policy for skin preparation with non-sterile products.
To open package holding top of package in one hand, lift flap on backside of package with other hand grasp flap at top and pull down to tear flap away and expose foam hold outside of package to present foam and cloths to prep table, avoiding contact between cloths and outside of package to reduce risk of cloth contamination Or using sterile scissors, cut off end seal of package transfer contents onto prep table, avoiding contact between cloths and outside of package to reduce risk of cloth contamination use first cloth to prepare the skin area indicated for a moist or dry site, making certain to keep the second cloth where it will not be contaminated.
Use second cloth to prepare larger areas. dry surgical sites (such as abdomen or arm): use one cloth to cleanse each 161 cm 2 area (approximately 5 x 5 inches) of skin to be prepared. Vigorously scrub skin back and forth for 3 minutes, completely wetting treatment area, then discard. Allow area to air dry for one (1) minute.
Do not rinse. moist surgical sites (such as inguinal fold): use one cloth to cleanse each 65 cm 2 area (approximately 2 x 5 inches) of skin to be prepared. Vigorously scrub skin back and forth for 3 minutes, completely wetting treatment area, then discard. Allow area to air dry for one (1) minute.
Do not rinse. discard each cloth after a single use after package has been opened discard any unused cloths
⚠️ Warnings ▾
Warnings For external use only Allergy alert: This product may cause a severe allergic reaction. Symptoms may include: wheezing/difficulty breathing shock facial swelling hives rash If an allergic reaction occurs, stop use and seek medical help right away. Do not use on patients allergic to chlorhexidine gluconate or any other ingredient in this product for lumbar punctures or in contact with the meninges on open skin wounds or as a general skin cleanser When using this product keep out of eyes, ears and mouth.
May cause serious or permanent injury if chlorhexidine is permitted to enter and remain. If contact occurs, rinse with cold water right away and contact a doctor. Stop use and ask a doctor if irritation, sensitization or allergic reaction occurs.
These may be signs of a serious condition.
📦 Storage and Handling ▾
Other information store product flat store between 20-25°C (68-77°F) avoid excessive heat above 40°C (104°F)
🧪 Active Ingredient ▾
2% CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE CLOTH Active Ingredient Purpose Chlorhexidine Gluconate 2% Solution Antiseptic
🧪 Inactive Ingredients ▾
Inactive Ingredients aloe vera, dimethicone, fragrance, glucono-delta-lactone, glycerin, nonoxynol-9, polysorbate 20, propylene glycol, USP purified water cloth: polyester