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Povidone-Iodine Ointment and Gauze Dressings Associated With Reduced Catheter-Related Infection in Seriously Ill Neurosurgical Patients

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Atsushi Fukunaga ,
Heiji Naritaka ,
Raita Fukaya ,
Masanao Tabuse  and
Tsuneo Nakamura
Atsushi Fukunaga*
Affiliation:
Department of Neurosurgery, Saiseikai Kanagawaken Hospital, Yokohama City, Kanagawa, Japan
Heiji Naritaka
Affiliation:
Department of Neurosurgery, Saiseikai Kanagawaken Hospital, Yokohama City, Kanagawa, Japan
Raita Fukaya
Affiliation:
Department of Neurosurgery, Saiseikai Kanagawaken Hospital, Yokohama City, Kanagawa, Japan
Masanao Tabuse
Affiliation:
Department of Neurosurgery, Saiseikai Kanagawaken Hospital, Yokohama City, Kanagawa, Japan
Tsuneo Nakamura
Affiliation:
Department of Neurosurgery, Saiseikai Kanagawaken Hospital, Yokohama City, Kanagawa, Japan
*
Department of Neurosurgery, Keio University School of Medicine, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-8582, Japan
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Povidone-iodine ointment and gauze covered by transparent dressings were compared with transparent dressings alone in historical controls (both changed twice weekly) in neurosurgical patients needing catheter placement for prolonged periods. Colonization and bloodstream infection were both reduced with the new method (P<.01 and P= .062, respectively).

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 25 , Issue 8 , August 2004 , pp. 696 - 698
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2004

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