Abstract
Even though advances in aseptic care have reduced the incidence of endophthalmitis, the conjunctiva still is not sterilized for surgery. This article presents a simple preoperative preparative procedure which, in a series of 225 surgical cases, reduced the incidence of positive postoperative cultures to 9.6%, a much lower percentage than has been reported previously.
MeSH terms
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Conjunctiva / drug effects*
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Conjunctiva / microbiology
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Drug Evaluation
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Endophthalmitis / prevention & control
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Gentamicins / therapeutic use
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Humans
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Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures*
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Povidone / analogs & derivatives*
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Povidone-Iodine / therapeutic use*
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Premedication*
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Surgical Wound Infection / prevention & control
Substances
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Gentamicins
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Povidone-Iodine
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Povidone