Effect of povidone-iodine on the contamination of needles and cannula tips used in ocular anaesthesia

Clin Exp Ophthalmol. 2007 Apr;35(3):296. doi: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2007.01469.x.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Anesthesia, Local / instrumentation*
  • Anti-Infective Agents, Local / pharmacology*
  • Bacteria / isolation & purification
  • Bacterial Infections / microbiology
  • Bacterial Infections / prevention & control*
  • Catheterization*
  • Colony Count, Microbial
  • Equipment Contamination / prevention & control*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Needles / microbiology*
  • Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures
  • Povidone-Iodine / pharmacology*

Substances

  • Anti-Infective Agents, Local
  • Povidone-Iodine