Consideration of povidone-iodine as a public health intervention for COVID-19: Utilization as "Personal Protective Equipment" for frontline providers exposed in high-risk head and neck and skull base oncology care

Oral Oncol. 2020 Jun:105:104724. doi: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2020.104724. Epub 2020 Apr 16.
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Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Infective Agents, Local / therapeutic use*
  • Betacoronavirus
  • COVID-19
  • Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology*
  • Coronavirus Infections / transmission
  • Cross Infection / prevention & control*
  • Cross Infection / therapy
  • Head and Neck Neoplasms*
  • Humans
  • Medical Oncology
  • Pandemics
  • Personal Protective Equipment*
  • Pneumonia, Viral / epidemiology*
  • Pneumonia, Viral / transmission
  • Povidone-Iodine / therapeutic use*
  • Public Health
  • SARS-CoV-2
  • Skull Base

Substances

  • Anti-Infective Agents, Local
  • Povidone-Iodine