DIPHOTERINE® solution is an emergency rinsing solution for splashes of chemical products. It is intended for first-aid use on the human body. Its rapid use in case of splashing or contact of the skin or eye with a chemical product makes it possible to limit the extent of the burns and lesions caused.
DIPHOTERINE® solution is a class IIa medical device according to Directive 93/42 EEC. It can be used on injured skin and acts on the chemical product in order to halt the reaction between the chemical product and the tissue and minimise the lesions caused.[1] DIPHOTERINE® solution can be used in complete safety.[2] DIPHOTERINE® solution is guaranteed free of phosphates. Its physical and chemical characteristics allow decontamination in case of splashing of chemical products on the skin or in the eye.
DIPHOTERINE® solution is not a treatment for confirmed chemical lesions. It is definitely an emergency rinsing solution for eye or skin splashes of chemical products.
DIPHOTERINE® solution is an emergency rinsing solution for splashes of chemical products. Its physical and chemical properties allow performance of rinsing if chemicals are splashed on humans.
Four characteristics provide its activity against splashes of chemical products.
Its physical and chemical properties make it effective against a wide range of classes of chemical product (acids, alkalis, oxidising agents, reducing agents, alkylating or chelating agents and solvents).
DIPHOTERINE® solution is liquid: it therefore allows performance of effective mechanical rinsing of the chemical product on the surface of the skin or the eye.
When a splash occurs, the chemical product is deposited on the surface of the tissue. It does not penetrate instantly and completely into the skin or the eye. Some chemical product therefore remains on the surface. Mechanical elimination by rinsing using a liquid solution allows removal of the product from the surface of the tissue.
Consequently, it is no longer capable of reacting with the skin or the eye and of creating a burn. Mechanical rinsing is the major effect of emergency decontamination of splashes of chemical products using DIPHOTERINE® solution.
Irrigation of the contaminated area with a copious amount of liquid DIPHOTERINE® solution also allows dilution of the chemical product. A less concentrated chemical product will be less aggressive to the tissue. This additional physical effect is minor in relation to mechanical rinsing of the chemical product.
The chemical products quickly penetrate into the skin or the eye, creating deep-lying lesions.
DIPHOTERINE® solution is a hypertonic solution: it has an osmotic pressure greater than that of the skin and the eye. This makes it possible to limit penetration of the chemical product inside the tissues.
DIPHOTERINE® solution contains an amphoteric and chelating molecule. The chemically reactive sites of this molecule will be capable of reacting with the corrosive or irritant chemical products, thus preventing their reaction with the biological components of the tissues. Owing to this additional property, rinsing allows more rapid return to an acceptable physiological state.
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