A randomized trial of povidone-iodine compared with iodine tincture for venipuncture site disinfection: Effects on rates of blood culture contamination

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 119-125

  Little, J Russell ^a   Murray, Patrick R ^a   Traynor, Patrick S ^b   Spitznagel, Edward ^a,c  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODINE; POVIDONE IODINE;

ANTISEPSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISINFECTION; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN FLORA; VEIN PUNCTURE;

ADULT; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; BLOOD; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IODINE; MALE; PHLEBOTOMY; POVIDONE; SKIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032865418     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9343(99)00197-7     Document Type: Article

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