Effectiveness of 10% povidone-iodine drying time before Peripheral Intravascular Catheter insertion: preliminary results from an explorative quasi-experimental study

• Main Authors: Alvisa Palese, Federica Cescon
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2013-02-01
• Series: Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem
• Subjects: Povidona Yodada; Desinfección; Cateterización Periférica; Recuento Microbiano
• Online Access: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-11692013000700007&lng=en&tlng=en

AIM: to investigate the effectiveness of 10% povidone-iodine after a 30-second or 2-minute drying time on microbial count reduction at the point of a Peripheral Intravascular Catheter (PIC) insertion. A quasi-experimental design was adopted. In total, 53 patients were enrolled, 25 were exposed to a 2-m drying time and 28 to a 30-s drying time. From the preliminary results of this study, no differences in the occurrence of contamination have emerged between patients receiving 30-s and 2-m drying time for 10% povidone-iodine solutions.