FDA's Dec. 19 final rules removes these ingredients from the OTC antispetic monograph for health care use effective Dec. 18, 2018:

chlorhexidine gluconate
cloflucarban
fluorosalan
hexachlorophene
hexylresorcinol
iodophors (iodine-containing ingredients)
iodine complex (ammonium ether sulfate and polyoxyethylene sorbitan monolaurate)
iodine complex (phosphate ester of alkylaryloxy polyethylene glycol)
iodine tincture USP
iodine topical solution USP
nonylphenoxypoly (ethyleneoxy) ethanoliodine
poloxamer-iodine complex
undecoylium chloride iodine complex
mercufenol chloride
methybenzethonium chloride
phenol
secondary amyltricresols
sodium oxychlorosene
tribromsalan
triclocarban
triclosan
triple dye
combination of calomel, oxyquinoline benzoate, triethanolamine and phenol derivative
combination of mercufenol chloride and secondary amyltricresols in 50% alcohol

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