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The effect of povidone-iodine (Betadine) aerosol spray on superficial wounds.
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This article is published in The British journal of clinical practice.The article was published on 1979-04-01 and is currently open access. It has received 6 citations till now.read more
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Effect of povidone-iodine and saline soaking on bacterial counts in acute, traumatic, contaminated wounds
TL;DR: Wounds with counts of less than 10(5) bacteria/g tissue are unlikely to become infected, and wounds soaked in 1% povidone-iodine solution or in normal saline with wounds receiving no treatment are compared.
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A Prospective Trial of Prophylactic Povidone Iodine in Lacerations of the Hand
TL;DR: It is recommended that hand lacerations should be treated with povidone iodine prior to suture, and factors found to be significantly important in wound infection or imperfect healing were the condition of the dressing, the part of the hand injured and pain.
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Use of sterile gloves in the management of sutured hand wounds in the A&E department
A.K. Maitra,J.C. Adams +1 more
TL;DR: In a single-blind, controlled, prospective trial of 242 sutured wounds of the hand in the A&E department there was increased late purulent infection in those treated without gloves, and wearing of sterile gloves to suture all wounds in A&Es is recommended.