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Skin Protectant

Dosage form
OINTMENT
Labeler
Cardinal Health
Label updated
2025-11-25
Retrieved
2026-09-07
Active ingredients
ZINC OXIDE
View original label and images on DailyMed ↗
Active Ingredient

Zinc Oxide 25%

Purpose

Skin Protectant

Uses
  • Helps treat and prevent diaper rash
  • Dries the oozing and weeping of poison: ivy, oak, sumac
Warnings

For external use only

When using this product

do not get into eyes

Stop use and ask a doctor if

  • condition worsens
  • symptoms last more than 7 days or clear up and occur again within a few days

Label information

If swallowed, get medical help or contact a Poison Control Center right away.

Directions
  • For diaper rash: change wet and soiled diapers promptly, cleanse the diaper area and allow to dry, apply ointment liberally as often as necessary, with each diaper change, especially at bedtime or anytime when exposure to wet diapers may be prolonged.
    • for poison ivy, oak, and sumac: apply as needed.
Other Information

Store at room temperature

Inactive Ingredients

Cetostearyl Alcohol, Light Mineral Oil, Macrogol Cetostearyl Ether 12, White Soft Paraffin

Questions and Comments?

1-888-396-2739

Label

[Image in the official label — see DailyMed source]

DailyMed Set ID: 8abda4ad-2ef7-9428-e053-2a95a90ac0fb · Version 9
NDC: 70000-0488