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Chlorhexidine mole content was also calculated as a function of dressing surface area for both sample types to allow for formulation-independent comparison between the dressings. <\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title><jats:p> The chlorhexidine free base dressing demonstrated &gt;0.5 log<jats:sub>10<\/jats:sub> superior mean antimicrobial efficacy at 67% of the experimental time points and equivalent mean antimicrobial efficacy (\u22640.5 log<jats:sub>10<\/jats:sub> different) at the remaining time points when compared with the chlorhexidine diacetate dressing. 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