INTRODUCTION Although Mercromina Film and other topical antiseptics are widely used, they are not included in the standard series recommended by the Spanish Contact Dermatitis and Skin Allergy Research Group for testing suspected allergic contact dermatitis (ACD). Furthermore, no recent studies have investigated the allergenic potential of merbromin. OBJECTIVE To determine the allergenic pote...

PURPOSE To report the efficacy of povidone-iodine as a treatment for conjunctivitis in pediatric patients. DESIGN Double-masked, controlled, prospective clinical trial. METHODS In an ophthalmology clinic in a general hospital in Manila, Philippines, 459 children (mean [SD] age 6.6 [6.6] years; range, 7 months-21 years) with acute conjunctivitis were studied. Infected eyes were cultured for ...

Purpose: Many studies on preoperative antiseptic agents are inconclusive. This study attempts to find the more effective combination agent in pediatric surgical patients.
 Methodology: was a prospective randomized paediatric patients. Preoperative skin preparation for each group done with assigned combination. Patients were followed up 14th,21st and 30th postoperative days. The primary out...

INTRODUCTION Pleurodesis is a time-honored procedure for malignant effusion as one of the palliative procedures to treat recurrent effusions. Various agents have been used in the past such as tetracycline, talc, bleomycin, and povidone-iodine. This paper aims at evaluating safety and efficacy of povidone-iodine for the procedure. MATERIALS AND METHODS One hundred and four patients underwent o...

Background: Reducing skin contamination rate and improving the positive rate in blood culture is essential for the correct diagnosis and management of sepsis. Chlorhexidine-alcohol was compared with povidone-iodine for the efficiency of disinfection. Positive rates were compared between the collection of 10 mL and 20 mL of blood per sample. Methods: The study population included adult patients ...

PURPOSE Bloodstream infections related to use of catheters, particularly central-line catheters, are an important cause of patient morbidity, mortality, and increased health care costs. This study evaluated the efficacy of skin disinfection with chlorhexidine gluconate compared with povidone-iodine solution in preventing catheter-related bloodstream infection. DATA SOURCES Multiple computeriz...

OBJECTIVES To study bacteria from eye lids and conjunctival sac of patients undergoing cataract surgery before and after the application of antiseptics. MATERIAL AND METHOD Patients undergoing elective cataract extraction in one university hospital were randomly enrolled. Cultures for bacteria and candida were done by swabbing the eye lids before and after cleaning with 4% chlorhexidine gluco...

Introduction: Orthodontist must take precautionary measures to protect patients from cross-infection by contaminated materials received the manufacturers. To minimize incidence of prior bonding an invitro study was done assess antibacterial activity chlorhexidine, povidone iodine and glutaraldehyde. Aim: compare 2% 5% glutaraldehyde on orthodontic bonding. Materials methods: A total 36 samples ...

Background: This study was conducted to evaluate the surface roughness and dimensional accuracy of commercially obtainable alginate impression material in terms imbibition after immersion two different media. Materials method: Two disinfecting agents, ethanol 70% povidone-iodine 4%, were used access material. Weights specimen discs impressions measured before immediately gain a measure imbibiti...

conclusion pair therapy is an effective minimally invasive treatment for gharbi type i-iii hepatic hydatid cysts. it is a cost effective and safe procedure with significant reduction in the duration of hospital stay. results ten patients (66.7%) had gharbi type i cysts, two (13.3%) had type ii and three (20%) had type iii cysts. all the patients (100%) showed reduction in cyst size over a 3-6 m...