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Chlorhexidine gluconate

National NHS prescribing (Prescription Cost Analysis) · Anti-infective skin preparations
Data updated March 2026

Chlorhexidine gluconate was ranked 1395th of 1,794 medicines by items in March 2026, with 28 items, down 15.2% on a year earlier.

28items

Dispensed in March 2026

NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis

£76

Net ingredient cost · March 2026

NHSBSA PCA

336items

Dispensed in the last 12 months

NHSBSA PCA

Figure 1. Chlorhexidine gluconate: national items dispensed by month

28

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to March 2026

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A lower-volume medicine: under 1,000 items in the last 12 months.

Top presentations, March 2026

The individual products dispensed under Chlorhexidine gluconate, by items this month.

Presentations of Chlorhexidine gluconate, March 2026
Presentation Items Net ingredient cost
Acriflex 0.25% cream 28 £76

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