Open AccessEffect of Hygiene Procedures on Lens Case Contamination with Povidone-Iodine or Multipurpose Disinfecting Solutions
Author(s) -
Masahiro Nakagawa,
Ritsue Nakagawa,
Mark Willcox,
Ajay Kumar Vijay
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
optometry and vision science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.779
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1538-9235
pISSN - 1040-5488
DOI - 10.1097/opx.0000000000001700
Subject(s) - disinfectant , staphylococcus epidermidis , microbiology and biotechnology , pseudomonas aeruginosa , biofilm , serratia marcescens , stenotrophomonas maltophilia , antiseptic , bacterial colony , staphylococcus aureus , bacteria , iodophor , acinetobacter baumannii , medicine , chemistry , food science , surgery , biology , escherichia coli , pathology , biochemistry , gene , genetics
A multipurpose disinfecting solution (MPDS), which contains povidone-iodine (PI) as a disinfectant, has high disinfecting efficacy not only on planktonic bacterium but also on the case biofilms. The addition of case hygiene practice removed more bacteria from cases than MPDS alone.