3M™ Ioban™ CHG Chlorhexidine Gluconate Incise Drape (contains 2% w/w CHG) – 13 in x 13 in (34 cm x 35 cm) 8840EZSB

An enhanced innovation in a legacy of proven protection, the Ioban CHG Chlorhexidine Gluconate Incise Drape (contains 2% w/w CHG) creates a sterile operative surface, helping to reduce microbial wound contamination.

Product Details

Featuring a sterile adhesive film, the Ioban CHG Incise Drape adheres and conforms to the body contours of your patients, providing a sterile operative surface on top of prepped skin prior to surgery. Formulated with CHG, this drape offers continuous, broad-spectrum antimicrobial activity, helping to significantly reduce the risk of microbial contamination in surgical incisions. The transparent, breathable film allows for clear visualization of the surgical site while ensuring that the sterile barrier remains adhered all the way to the edge of the incision.

Skin prep only

Properly prepping the skin with an antiseptic solution helps reduce a patient's microbial load. However, surgical skin preps need to stay on the skin to remain effective. Often during surgery, preps can be removed by saline irrigation, dabbing with sponges or contact with bodily fluids, which can increase the risk of infection.

Skin prep + antimicrobial incise drape

Even with optimal skin prep, total sterilization of the skin is impossible. By utilizing Ioban CHG Incise Drape, it creates a sterile operative surface that protects skin prep from being removed by surgical challenges. Additionally, it inhibits residual microbe regrowth and from migrating into the incision site.

• Strong, durable, breathable, tear-resistant CHG incise drape conforms to body contours and allows for limb manipulation.
• Transparent design allows for easy viewing of the surgical site, including markings and scars.
• Provides continuous, broad-spectrum antibacterial activity against a variety of gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria, including antibiotic-resistant bacteria (MRSA, VRE, MRSE) based on in vitro testing.
• Provides a barrier to fluids such as blood and other fluids.
• Protects against prep wash-off by fluids commonly encountered during surgical procedures, including irrigation solutions and blood.
• Skin-friendly incise drape is safe to use on fragile, dry skin and older skin types with minimal skin damage after removal.
• Not made with natural rubber latex.

Suggested Applications

• Open surgical procedures.

Early Evidence

Early evidence on Ioban CHG Chlorhexidine Gluconate Incise Drapes have demonstrated its ability to immobilize bacteria and offer continuous, broad-spectrum antimicrobial activity. In an in vitro study where 13 bacterial organisms relevant to surgical infection sites were tested, including S. aureus, S. epidermidis and C. acnes, Ioban CHG Incise Drape killed 99.99% at 30 minutes and demonstrated effectiveness for up to 6 hours. In a prospective, comparative healthy human study where the knee was prepped, strips of Ioban CHG Incise Drape and Ioban 2 Incise Drape were laid side-by-side and simulated surgical challenge. Ioban CHG Incise Drape demonstrated comparable adhesion to Ioban 2 Incise Drape after wet flexion and after saline lavage. During an ex vivo porcine study, 6 cm incisions were made where Ioban CHG Incise Drape was placed. Under typical surgical conditions involving retraction, tissue manipulation and exposure to blood, saline and fatty tissue, the study demonstrated that Ioban CHG Incise Drape maintained adherence to the skin with minimal lift.