Skin barrier function antimicrobials

Effectiveness testing of a skin wound protectant. Skin wound protectants are preparations applied to small clean wounds and function as protective physical or chemical barriers. The Antimicrobial I Panel suggests assessment of the physical barrier by challenge of the barrier system with fluorescent particles and measurement of the presence of the particles on the opposite side of the barrier. 

Adopting a non-leaching antimicrobial that doesn t pose the risk of crossing the skin barrier or negatively affecting the normal microbial flora of the skin If it creates a zone of inhibition or must integrate into the all to have function, it leaches or moves and has the potential to cause problems to people and the environment. 

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