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Chlorhexidine gluconate

Eye Anti-infective eye preparations BNF 110301020
Data updated January 2025 Download CSV
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Dispensed in January 2025

0items

Rolling 12 months

£78

Net ingredient cost · January 2025

Figure 1. Chlorhexidine gluconate: national items dispensed by month

0 1.5 3 Feb 2021 Sep 2021 May 2022 Oct 2022 Nov 2023 Jan 2025 1 Feb 2021: 1 Mar 2021: 1 Sep 2021: 1 Nov 2021: 1 May 2022: 1 Jun 2022: 1 Oct 2022: 2 Aug 2023: 1 Nov 2023: 3 Jul 2024: 1 Jan 2025: 1

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to January 2025

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At a glance

  • Therapeutic class Anti-infective eye preparations
  • Presentations 1 shown
  • Average cost / item £77.50
What this is
Net ingredient cost is the list price before discounts and dispensing fees, not what the NHS finally pays.

Top presentations, January 2025

The individual products dispensed under Chlorhexidine gluconate this month.

Presentations of Chlorhexidine gluconate, January 2025
Presentation BNF code Items Net ingredient cost
Chlorhexidine gluconate 0.02% eye drops preservative free 110301020AAACAC 1 £78

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis · to January 2025 OGL v3.0

Where Chlorhexidine gluconate is dispensed

The regions and dispensing practices with the highest Chlorhexidine gluconate volumes.

Regional volumes from NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis; practice volumes from NHS dispensing data.

Compare Chlorhexidine gluconate with

Other medicines in the same BNF section, by prescribing volume.

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The monthly series for Chlorhexidine gluconate is in this page's CSV. For the ranked national series across every medicine, with the method and caveats documented, see the most-prescribed medicines dataset in our open data catalogue.