4.7/5 from 29,034 ratings · Currently unavailable. We don't know when or if this item will be back in stock. · Currently unavailable on Amazon
Compiled 2026-10-30 | Amazon US · USD (native, no conversion)
Product Information
Hibiclens is an antimicrobial and antiseptic skin cleanser built around the active ingredient chlorhexidine gluconate (CHG) at 4% w/v, in a 32 fl oz bottle. It is positioned for both clinical and home use: the brand describes it as a trusted skin cleanser in pre-operative patient bathing for more than 40 years, and says CHG begins killing a variety of germs and bacteria on contact and continues working after rinsing. The listing also frames it as strong enough for hospital use yet gentle enough for routine hand washing and skin cleansing.
This is an antiseptic drug product rather than a cosmetic: the label carries an NDC number (0234-0575-32) and the manufacturer is given as Molnlycke Health Care. The listing publishes its inactive ingredients as fragrance, gluconolactone, isopropyl alcohol 4% w/v, lauramine oxide, poloxamer 237, purified water and red 40. This description is drawn only from the retail listing copy and the brand's label; no outside medical claims are added, and nothing here is a substitute for the product's Drug Facts label or professional guidance.
Highlights from the listing
- Trusted by Healthcare: Hibiclens Antiseptic Skin Cleanser has been a trusted product among many hospitals and care centers for over 40 years as a skin cleanser in pre-operative patient bathing, and for help in reducing the risk of surgical site infections
- Protect against germs, even between washes: The average person comes in contact with 300 surfaces every 30 minutes. Hibiclens is antibacterial, antiseptic and antimicrobial; Its active ingredient chlorhexidine gluconate (CHG) begins killing a variety of germs and bacteria on contact and continues working even after rinsing
- Strong for hospital use, yet gentle for daily use: Hibiclens antiseptic skin cleanser is strong enough to kill germs that live on the skin but gentle enough for routine hand washing and skin cleansing
- Recommended by professionals: Hibiclens is the Number 1 recommended antiseptic skin cleanser by pharmacists, dermatologists and surgeons
- World-leading provider: Mölnlycke Health Care is a world-leading provider of advanced surgical and wound care products for customers, healthcare professionals, and patients
- Inactive ingredients: fragrance, gluconolactone, isopropyl alcohol 4% w/v, lauramine oxide, poloxamer 237, purified water and red 40
From the brand
- Active ingredient chlorhexidine gluconate (CHG) 4% w/v begins killing germs on contact and keeps working after rinsing.
- Trusted among hospitals and care centers for over 40 years for pre-operative patient bathing.
- Antibacterial, antiseptic and antimicrobial; strong for hospital use, gentle for daily use.
- Number-one pharmacist-, dermatologist- and surgeon-recommended antiseptic skin cleanser (brand claim).
Product Rating
The listing carries 4.7 out of 5 across 29,034 ratings. The chart is Amazon's own published percentage split across the five star buckets.
Customers find the soap effective and appreciate its anti-bacterial properties, particularly for wound cleaning and bedridden patients. Moreover, the product receives positive feedback for its gentle, non-irritating formula that leaves skin feeling fresh and smooth without drying out. They consider it a daily must-have, with one customer noting its versatility in household use. However, the consistency receives mixed reviews, with several customers describing it as watery and runny. The ease of use is also mixed, with some finding it easy to apply on the body while others note it doesn't suds up properly.
Aggregated buyer-summary text published on the listing.
Product Ingredients
Body Washes - Antimicrobial and Antiseptic Soap and Skin Cleanser
What’s inside — the claim matrix
Skinsort prints one badge per claim. A badge reading “Not X” means the claim does not hold. The two groups below are already normalised.
Claims that hold (8)
Claims that do NOT hold (4)
Benefits Skinsort associates with the formula
| Benefit | What it does | Ingredients |
|---|---|---|
| Acne Fighting | Fights acne and helps prevent breakouts. | 1 ingredient |
| Anti-Aging | Softens lines and helps skin look youthful. | 1 ingredient |
| Brightening | Restores radiance to dull, tired skin. | 1 ingredient |
| Good For Oily Skin | Balances oil and helps reduce shine. | 1 ingredient |
| Reduces Large Pores | Minimizes the look of enlarged pores. | 1 ingredient |
| Scar Healing | Improves the look of marks and scars. | 1 ingredient |
| Skin Texture | Smooths rough patches and refines texture. | 1 ingredient |
Key ingredient groups
| Group | What it does | Ingredients |
|---|---|---|
| PHA | Gently exfoliates and hydrates with less irritation. | 1 ingredient |
Concerns Skinsort flags
These are ingredient-class warnings about what the formula is capable of, not a prediction about any individual user.
| Concern | What Skinsort says |
|---|---|
| May Worsen Eczema | May worsen itching or irritation for eczema. |
| May Worsen Rosacea | Can trigger flare-ups in rosacea-prone skin. |
| May Worsen Dryness | Can strip moisture and worsen dryness. |
| May Worsen Irritation | May cause stinging, redness, or sensitivity. |
Composition profile
The two charts classify the same ingredient list two ways: by the job each ingredient does, and by the risk grade the source assigned it. “Not rated” is missing data, never a rating of zero.
Ingredients list
Full list in the order published on the source page. Comedogenic and irritancy grades are read low-is-safer; a dash means unrated.
Show the complete 8-ingredient list
| # | Ingredient | Function | Comedogenic | Irritancy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chlorhexidine Digluconate | Antimicrobial | - | - |
| 2 | Parfum | Masking | - | - |
| 3 | Gluconolactone | Chelating | - | - |
| 4 | Isopropyl Alcohol 4% | Solvent | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Lauramine Oxide | Cleansing | - | - |
| 6 | Poloxamer 237 | Emulsifying | - | - |
| 7 | Water | Skin Conditioning | - | - |
| 8 | CI 16035 | Cosmetic Colorant | 2 | 2 |
Buyer Sentiment
The listing clusters review sentences into themes. Each theme below carries the number of mentions, the positive and negative sentence counts, and the resulting positive share. These are aggregates of what buyers wrote, not measured properties of the formula.
| Theme | Mentions | Positive | Negative | Positive share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| effectiveness | 2550 | 2369 | 181 | 93% |
| anti-bacterial | 537 | 531 | 6 | 99% |
| fragrance | 310 | 246 | 64 | 79% |
| skin sensitivity | 287 | 223 | 64 | 78% |
| gentleness | 247 | 183 | 64 | 74% |
| versatility | 134 | 114 | 20 | 85% |
| consistency | 130 | 21 | 109 | 16% |
Signals in favour
- effectiveness — 2550 mentions, 93% positive
- anti-bacterial — 537 mentions, 99% positive
- versatility — 134 mentions, 85% positive
Signals to weigh
- consistency — 130 mentions, only 16% positive
- gentleness — 247 mentions, only 74% positive
- skin sensitivity — 287 mentions, only 78% positive
- fragrance — 310 mentions, only 79% positive
Product Price
Figures below are the all-time summary recorded for this listing by a third-party price tracker, captured 2026-10-30. Amounts are native US dollars; nothing is converted, rounded beyond two decimals, or interpolated. The tracker publishes only its extreme and latest observations, not a day-by-day series.
| Price type | Lowest ever | Highest ever | Latest | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon | $14.28 (Mar 11, 2016) | $40.18 (Mar 17, 2026) | no data | $26.46 |
| 3rd Party New | $7.09 (May 01, 2014) | $44.99 (May 26, 2020) | $33.50 (Oct 28, 2026) | $27.85 |
| 3rd Party Used | $13.90 (Feb 08, 2014) | $16.76 (Nov 18, 2014) | no data | $14.89 |
Dates accompany the lowest, highest and latest figures because those are single observations; the average spans the whole tracking window (monitoring began Aug 31, 2013).
Price comparison by channel
Each group is one offer channel; the bars compare its all-time low, all-time high, latest observation and long-run average side by side.
Derived readings
Arithmetic performed on the transcribed values above, not a figure published by any source.
| Metric | Amazon | 3rd Party New | 3rd Party Used |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spread (high - low) | $25.90 | $37.90 | $2.86 |
| Latest vs lowest | n/a | +372.5% | n/a |
| Latest vs highest | n/a | -25.5% | n/a |
| Latest vs average | n/a | +20.3% | n/a |
| Average vs list | -5.5% | -0.5% | -46.8% |
Dated observations
The lines connect the tracker's extreme and latest observations chronologically; the space between two points is not evidence of a smooth move from one price to the other.
The 3rd Party New channel last printed $33.50 on Oct 28, 2026, +20.3% against its own all-time average of $27.85 and +19.7% against the typical price of $27.99. Treat it as a last-seen value and re-check before acting on it.
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Methodology & Confidence
| Listing capture | Read from the Amazon US product page with the delivery location set to a US ZIP so every amount is native USD. No currency conversion was applied anywhere. |
|---|---|
| Reviewer privacy | No reviewer name, handle, profile link, avatar or identifier appears anywhere in this report. Buyer feedback is reported only as published aggregates. |
| Price history | Taken from the all-time summary recorded by a third-party Amazon price tracker. Its summary block is all-time only; the chart window parameter rescales the plotted line but does not change these values, so none is a period statistic. |
| Ingredients | Attempted against two independent ingredient databases. The COSDNA channel was unreachable behind a bot-protection challenge on this run; the Skinsort channel supplied the ingredient list, claim matrix and per-row ratings reproduced above. No rating was inferred where the source published none. |
| Imagery | Listing images were captured alongside the page and credited in the gallery. |
| Snapshot discipline | Every figure is a point-in-time capture. Prices, rank and review counts move between captures; read this report as dated evidence, not as a live quote. |
Confidence by element
| Element | Confidence | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| Identity, pricing and availability fields | High | Read directly from the live listing |
| Aggregate rating and its distribution | High | Published on the listing; rounded percentages noted |
| Buyer-sentiment themes | Medium | Platform clustering of review sentences; no verbatim reviews this run |
| Price extremes and averages | High | Transcribed verbatim from the tracker summary |
| Derived percentages and spreads | High arithmetic / Medium interpretation | Computed from transcribed values, labelled as derived |
| Recency of the latest price | Medium | Last-observation value, dated in the table above |
| Composition and claim matrix | High | Full Skinsort record |
| Safety, comedogenic or irritancy scores | High (where published) | Skinsort ratings reproduced; unrated rows left as missing data |
Compiled as a single point-in-time capture of the United States retail listing. All amounts are US dollars. No reviewer is identified anywhere in this report.