title: A COMPARATIVE STUDY BETWEEN POVIDONE-IODINE AND MANUGEL 85 ON SURGICAL SCRUB.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Direct transmission through skin contact is one of ways for disease transmission. Medical staffs have contact with many patients, so their hand can be a factor for the transmission of disease. Surgical scrub is a process that leads to destruction immigrant and stable microbus of hands and arms through friction washing by use of antiseptic solution prior to surgery. The aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of disinfection of Povidone-Iodine and Manugel 85 in surgical scrub.
  
  
  METHODS
  This study was a clinical trial that done before and after Surgical scrub. 33 person of surgical team in hospital were surveyed during. Four samples were done for every person: first before surgical scrub with Povidone-Iodine solution, second immediately after surgical scrub, then after one week third test done before surgical scrub with Manugel 85, and forth one immediately after surgical scrub. Paired t-test was used for statistical analysis and SPSS analysis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Data analysis showed that the effect of Povidone-Iodine and Manugel 85, separately, before and after surgical scrub on number of colonies is significant. But the effect of these two solutions on behalf of number of colonies was not significant. The 100% grown cultures before surgical scrub with Povidone-Iodine solution and 90.91% before surgical scrub with Manugel 85 were staphylococcus.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The disinfection effect of Povidone-Iodine and Manuge l85 on surgical scrub is the same.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, Tehran Medical Sciences Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Bahar
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Seifi
authors.affiliation: Department of Midwifery, Tehran Medical Sciences Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Faezeh
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sahbaei
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, Tehran Medical Sciences Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Mohamad Zare
authors.initials: MZ
authors.lastname: Zare
authors.affiliation: Department of Midwifery, Tehran Medical Sciences Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Azam
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Abdoli
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, ShahreKord University of Medical Sciences, Shahrekord, Iran.
authors.forename: Mohammad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Heidari
keywords: Manugel 85; Povidone-Iodine; Surgical Scrubbing