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Povidone-iodine may be good for surgical-site antisepsis before cesarean

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Povidone-iodine may be as effective as chlorhexidine-alcohol for skin prep before cesarean delivery. Or it might not be, depending on whether or not you believe a new r...

Povidone-Iodine Solution Cuts Surgery Site Infections

A new study suggests that a cheap nasal povidone-iodine solution is at least as equally effective in preventing Staphylococcus...

Iodine Supplementation During Pregnancy and Lactation Iodine Supplementation During Pregnancy/Lactation

Dietary iodine intake is obligatory for the production of thyroid hormones. Despite substantial public health advances over the past 3 decades, iodine deficiency currently affects 1.92 billion people...

[Comment] Iodine and pregnancy: a call to action

Iodine, a crucial micronutrient, is essential for thyroid hormone production and for normal in-utero neuro-development. During pregnancy, iodine intake must be increased by 50% because of physiologica...

One-Step Wash Stops Catheter Infections (CME/CE)

SAN FRANCISCO (MedPage Today) -- Disinfecting with a potent, one-step chemical wash was better at reducing the risk of central line infections than a conventional four-step procedure based on povidone...

Cheaper Drug Cuts Surgery Site Infections (CME/CE)

(MedPage Today) -- SAN DIEGO - The use of povidone-iodine nasal solution immediately before surgery should be considered as an alternative option to five days use of mupirocin ointment to prevent Stap...

[Articles] Effect of inadequate iodine status in UK pregnant women on cognitive outcomes in their children: results from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC)

Our results show the importance of adequate iodine status during early gestation and emphasise the risk that iodine deficiency can pose to the developing infant, even in a country classified as only m...

Iodine Deficiency In Pregnant Women May Harm Babies' IQs

Iodine deficiency during pregnancy may have a negative effect on babies' mental development, according to new research published in The Lancet. Iodine is ingested mainly through dairy products and sea...

Minimizing Wound Contamination in a 'Clean' Surgery: Comparison of Chlorhexidine-Ethanol and Povidone-Iodine.

Purpose: There is limited work analyzing the efficacy of different antiseptics in reducing wound contamination by the skin flora during hernia repair and its influence on the incidence of wound infect...

Iododerma following topical povidone-iodine application.

Abstract A 43-year-old male patient presented with two well-demarcated, elevated plaques, measuring 4 cm in diameter, with yellow-black crusts over it that appeared 3 d earlier. With the help of h...

Povidone-iodine against sodium hypochlorite as skin antiseptics in volunteers.

BACKGROUND: This study was conducted to compare the antiseptic efficacy of sodium hypochlorite of electrochemical production with that of povidone-iodine in human voluntaries. METHODS: Three areas of...

Minimizing the endophthalmitis rate following intravitreal injections using 0.25 % povidone-iodine irrigation and surgical mask.

BACKGROUND: To examine the efficacy of complying with an infection control manual for intravitreal injection of anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) preparations in reducing the rate of endo...

Effect of face washing with soap and water and cleaning with antiseptics on upper-lid bacteria of surgical eye patients.

Objective: To determine the effect of face washing with soap and water and cleaning with povidone iodine and cetrimide/chlorhexidine gluconate (Savlon) on upper-lid bacteria.Design: Prospective, nonra...