Antiseptic effect of low-concentration povidone-iodine applied with a depot device in the conjunctiva before cataract surgery.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Examine the antiseptic effect of long-term low-concentration (0.3%) povidone-iodine (PI) before cataract surgery.

Setting

St. Olavs Hospital, Trondheim University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway.

Design

Single-armed prospective clinical study.

Methods

Repeated measure of preoperative conjunctival samples from 51 participants were obtained the day before surgery (T1), the day of surgery after treatment with ophthalmic NSAID (T2), and after additional treatment with low-concentration PI (T3) given by placing a pledget soaked in a mix of eye-drops in fornix inferior for 20 min.

Results

Before surgery, and before any type of treatment (T1), bacterial growth (≥5 BC) in the conjunctiva was identified in 36 (66.7%) of the participants. After treatment with

SUBMITTER: Wass S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6292903 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature