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Nursing Best Practice Guideline<br />

TOPICAL ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS<br />

TOPICAL ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS<br />

Agent<br />

Mupuricin<br />

Bactrobaic<br />

SA<br />

MRSA<br />

<br />

Strep<br />

Spectrum<br />

PS<br />

F<br />

Anaerobic<br />

VRE<br />

Comments<br />

Good for MRSA<br />

Excellent topical<br />

penetration<br />

Caution<br />

Gentamycin<br />

<br />

<br />

<br />

Reserve for<br />

oral/IV use<br />

109<br />

Fucidic Acid<br />

<br />

<br />

Sensitize<br />

Polymixin B<br />

Sulphate<br />

Bacitracin<br />

Zinc<br />

Neomycin<br />

<br />

<br />

<br />

<br />

<br />

Potezot<br />

Sensitizor<br />

Not<br />

Recommended<br />

Alcohol<br />

Betadine<br />

Boric Acid<br />

Daikens<br />

Iodine<br />

Cytotoxic<br />

Cytotoxic<br />

Cytotoxic<br />

Cytotoxic<br />

Cytotoxic<br />

Legend: (SA = Staphylococcus Aureus), (MRSA = Methicillin Resistant Staph Aureus),<br />

(Strep = Streptococci), (PS = Pseudomona), (F = Fungi – Mucor, Aspergillus, Candida Albicans,<br />

Candida Tropicalis, Candida Glabrata, & Saccharomyces), (VRE = Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci)<br />

Reprinted with permission from Dr. Gary Sibbald.

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