Octenilin Wound Gel 20ml by Schülke is a sterile wound gel designed to cleanse, moisturise and protect a range of chronic and difficult-to-manage wounds.

The gel helps maintain a moist wound environment to support the body's natural healing process while helping soften and loosen wound coatings and encrustations. It contains octenidine HCl as a preservative, which helps protect the gel against microbial contamination.

Its easy-to-apply gel consistency makes Octenilin suitable for use directly on the wound or with compatible dressings as part of an established wound-care routine.

Key Features

• Supports moist wound healing: Helps maintain an appropriate moist environment for the natural healing process.
• Helps cleanse wounds: Assists with loosening wound coatings, crusts and encrusted material.
• Suitable for chronic wounds: Designed for the cleansing and moistening of long-term wounds.
• Suitable for burns: Can be used in the management of burn wounds where clinically appropriate.
• Contains octenidine HCl: Acts as a preservative within the gel.
• Pain-free application: Designed for comfortable application to the wound.
• Colour and perfume free: Suitable where a simple, fragrance-free wound gel is preferred.
• Odour absorbing: Helps manage unpleasant wound odours.
• Sterile when sealed: Supplied sterile for wound-care use.
• Long in-use period: Can be used for up to 8 weeks after opening when stored and handled correctly.
• Convenient 20ml size: Practical for home, community and clinical wound care.

What is Octenilin Wound Gel used for?

Octenilin Wound Gel is designed for the covering, moistening and cleansing of wounds where maintaining a moist wound environment is beneficial.

Typical applications include:

• Chronic wounds
• Encrusted wounds
• Contaminated wounds
• Wounds with adherent coatings
• Burn wounds
• Wounds requiring ongoing moisture support

The gel can help soften stubborn wound coatings, making them easier to remove during subsequent cleansing and dressing changes.

How does Octenilin Wound Gel work?

Octenilin combines a moisture-retaining gel base with octenidine HCl.

The gel keeps the wound surface moist, which can support natural granulation and epithelialisation while helping loosen dried or encrusted wound material.

Before applying the gel, the manufacturer recommends cleansing or irrigating the wound to remove easily soluble debris. Octenilin can then be applied directly or used to moisten compatible gauze, compresses or wound-filling materials.

Dressing Changes

The frequency of dressing changes depends on the wound condition and amount of exudate.

The manufacturer generally recommends changing the dressing every 1–3 days, with a maximum interval of approximately 3 days when clinically appropriate.

Where Octenilin is used with paraffin gauze, the dressing should be changed and the wound cleaned daily.

Who is it suitable for?

Octenilin Wound Gel is suitable for patients requiring a sterile moist wound-care gel for chronic, contaminated, encrusted or burn wounds.

It may be used in home, community and clinical settings under appropriate wound-care guidance.

Do not use the product if there is a known or suspected allergy to any of its ingredients. It should not be used in the eyes, ears, nose, urinary bladder, abdominal cavity or on hyaline cartilage.

Octenilin is not for injection, infusion or oral use.

Always follow the supplied instructions for use and seek professional advice for deep, infected, deteriorating or slow-healing wounds.

Why choose Octenilin Wound Gel?

Octenilin provides a practical combination of wound moisturisation, cleansing support and gel-based protection.

Its ability to soften wound coatings while maintaining a moist environment makes it particularly useful for chronic and difficult-to-manage wounds. The compact 20ml format is also convenient for individual wound-care routines and portable clinical use.