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Skin Care products. (Incontinence Management).


Lantiseptic Skin Care products clean, soothe, protect and treat skin injuries caused by incontinence, pressure sores and dry, cracked, reddened skin. Lantiseptic Skin Protectant contains 50% lanolin lanolin, greasy, yellow substance extracted from wool. When purified, it is used as a base for ointments and creams, as a lubricant, and in finishing and preserving leather. It is also a constituent of some varnishes and paints. , 20% petrolatum petrolatum (pĕtrəlā`təm), colorless to yellowish-white hydrocarbon mixture obtained by fractional distillation of petroleum.  and beeswax. This emollient emollient /emol·li·ent/ (e-mol´yent)
1. softening or soothing.

2. an agent that softens or soothes the skin, or soothes an irritated internal surface.


e·mol·lient
adj.
 ointment protects skin and promotes healing of skin injuries caused by incontinence. It is packaged in a 4-oz. tube, 0.5-ox, packet and 2.5-, 4.5- and 14-ox. jars.

Lantiseptic Therapeutic Cream contains 35% lanolin, mineral oil and beeswax. It is a soft emollient used to treat reddened, dry, cracked and ulcer-prone skin. It is available in a 4-ox. tube and 0.5-oz. packet.

Lantiseptic All Body Wash is a pH-balanced perineal perineal /peri·ne·al/ (-ne´al) pertaining to the perineum.
Perineal
The diamond-shaped region of the body between the pubic arch and the anus.
 wash with Lanolin. Its low-sudsing, no-rinse formula is suitable for cleansing the entire body, and it is available in an 8-oz. refillable spray bottle and 1-gallon container.

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Publication:Nursing Homes
Date:Mar 1, 2002
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