IS IODINE A DISINFECTANT?

Sunshine is the Best Disinfectant

Sunshine is the Best Disinfectant Once again, Pennsylvania has made national headlines as a pioneer in the public reporting of information related to medical quality. Now with the release of PHC4's report on hospitalacquired infections (HAI) in Pennsylvania, the state has focused a very bright light on a critical health care issue with national policy implications. Indeed, Pennsylvania is the f...

"Sunshine Is the Best Disinfectant".

The efficacy of a foaming iodine-based pre-milking teat disinfectant

Pre-milking teat disinfection is practised in several countries to prevent environment-related mastitis. This study was designed to prove the antimicrobial efficacy of a foaming, iodine-based teat disinfectant with five different concentrations (250; 500; 1,000; 2,000 and 3,000 ppm) against a negative control. For this purpose the split-udder design was used and within an udder two teats were d...

Biological monitoring of iodine, a water disinfectant for long-term space missions.

In order to establish guidelines for exposure of astronauts to iodine, used as a water disinfectant in space, we studied the usefulness of hair, saliva, and urine for biological monitoring in humans and in the human hair/nude mouse model. The monitoring of iodine in patients that received 150 mCi of Na131I (carrier-free) showed similar patterns of elimination for blood, saliva, and urine. The m...

A new disinfectant.

Qualitative and quantitative tests have been carried out to assess the value of Cidex(1), a glutaraldehyde solution, as a disinfectant. Most of the tests were qualitative and were carried out in conditions as closely resembling those found in hospital practice as possible. Recently used anaesthetic equipment, catheters, and a cystoscope, which had been artificially contaminated with suspensions...