Povidone-iodine: its efficacy as a preoperative conjunctival and periocular preparation.
Even though advances in aseptic care have reduced the incidence of endophthalmitis, the conjunctiva still is not sterilized for surgery. This article presents a simple preoperative preparative procedure which, in a series of 225 surgical cases, reduced the incidence of positive postoperative cultures to 9.6%, a much lower percentage than has been reported previously.
D003228:Conjunctiva / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000382:microbiology; D004341:Drug Evaluation; D009877:Endophthalmitis / Q000517:prevention & control; D005839:Gentamicins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D013508:Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures; D011205:Povidone / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*; D011206:Povidone-Iodine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011292:Premedication; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000517:prevention & control
D005839:Gentamicins; D011206:Povidone-Iodine; D011205:Povidone