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The Effect of Preoperative Surgical Scrubbing with Povidone Iodine on Urinary Iodine Levels
Author(s) -
CONNOLLY R. J.,
SHEPHERD J. J.
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1972.tb06752.x
Subject(s) - medicine , iodine , data scrubbing , urinary system , surgery , waste management , organic chemistry , chemistry , engineering
Iodophors are used widely in industry, medicine and the home, because iodine released from them is germicidal without being irritant. Povidone iodine is used as a skin disinfectant in the operating theatres at the Royal Hobart Hospital. Estimation of the output of urinary iodine in surgeons and sisters after their use of this material shows an increase. Iodineinduced thyrotoxicosis is unlikely to occur in this group.