Povidone-Iodine
Various prophylaxis methods may not impact 3-month PJI rates, complications after TJA
SAN DIEGO — Prophylactic measures such as vancomycin, povidone-iodine and saline irrigation yielded similar rates of periprosthetic joint infection and wound complications at 3 months for high-risk patients undergoing joint arthroplasty.
Povidone-iodine may not be superior to saline in reducing infection risk after TKA, THA
SAN FRANCISCO — Povidone-iodine and saline irrigation may have equivalent efficacy for the reduction of surgical site infection following total knee or total hip arthroplasty, according to results presented here.
Aqueous chlorhexidine may be better tolerated than povidone-iodine
WAIKOLOA, Hawaii — A study found that patients were less comfortable when receiving povidone-iodine as ocular antisepsis before an intravitreal injection compared with aqueous chlorhexidine, a speaker reported at Retina 2022.
Dry eye symptoms improve with 0.6% povidone-iodine drops
Infection prevention measures reduced surgical site infections after spinal fusion
Povidone-iodine improves signs, symptoms of viral conjunctivitis
ORLANDO, Fla. – A single in-office dose of 5% povidone-iodine in patients who tested positive for adenoviral conjunctivitis resulted in an improvement in signs and symptoms and a decrease in viral titers.
Viscous topical anesthetics increased risk of post-injection endophthalmitis
SAN FRANCISCO — Patients with wet age-related macular degeneration and diabetic macular edema who received viscous topical anesthetics before anti-VEGF injections were at increased risk for development of endophthalmitis, according to a speaker.