Abstract
We evaluated povidone-iodine (PVI) decolonization among 51 fracture-fixation surgery patients. PVI was applied twice on the day of surgery. Patients were tested for S. aureus nasal colonization and surveyed. Mean S. aureus concentrations decreased from 3.13 to 1.15 CFU/mL (P =.03). Also, 86% of patients stated that they felt neutral or positive about their PVI experience.
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Schweizer, M. L., Herwaldt, L. A., Boyken, L., Pottinger, J., Quinn, R., Diekema, D. J., … Willey, M. C. (2023). Effectiveness and acceptability of intranasal povidone-iodine decolonization among fracture fixation surgery patients to reduce Staphylococcus aureus nasal colonization. In Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology (Vol. 44, pp. 982–984). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2022.134
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