Comparison of povidone iodine and duraprep, an iodophor-in-isopropyl alcohol solution, for skin disinfection prior to epidural catheter insertion in parturients

Anesthesiology

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 164-169

  Birnbach, David J ^a,c   Meadows, Warner ^b,c   Stein, Deborah J ^a,c   Murray, Odessa ^a,c   Thys, Daniel M ^a,c   Sordillo, Emilia M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Coll Phys/Surg of Columbia Univ ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 PROPANOL; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; IODOPHOR; POVIDONE IODINE;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPIDURAL CATHETER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SKIN CULTURE; SKIN DECONTAMINATION;

2-PROPANOL; ADULT; ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; ANESTHESIA, OBSTETRICAL; CATHETERIZATION, PERIPHERAL; DISINFECTANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IODOPHORS; PHARMACEUTICAL SOLUTIONS; POVIDONE-IODINE; PREGNANCY; SKIN;

EID: 0037222103     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-200301000-00026     Document Type: Article

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