Introduction MRSA infection is a major health care problem. In 2008, as a component of a general strategy for infection prevention, a program to control MRSA was implemented in our ICU, consisting in pre-emptive isolation, rapid screening tests for identification of MRSA carriers and targeted decolonization with nasal mupirocin in addition to antiseptic body bathing. At the same time, screening...

found the difficulty myselffor getting the arms cleaned before vaccine was put in and the process is quite cumbersome, where the vaccinator has to do 60 to 80 children a day. Process is (1) wash the arm with soap and water, (2) with an antiseptic, (3) again with boiled water. If vaccinators know that sahib is not coming, they don't care a bit for antiseptic measure, they hurry through the work,...

practice when antiseptics as a system were adopted by obstetricians. It formed an integral part of the antiseptic management of labour and the puerperium. The objects aimed at in the antiseptic system are:?The prevention of the introduction of germs, i.e., antisepsis before confinement, and paralysing their action, i.e., antisepsis after confinement. Although at the first the methods were compl...

Many researchers have advocated in recent times that antiseptic use in healing wounds should be discouraged. Antiseptics have been found to retard healing of wounds. Innocuous solutions like normal saline and tap water are being considered as better alternatives to antiseptics. Chlorhexidine, a commonly used antiseptic, is known to be less toxic on granulation cells. We decided to compare the e...

Albeit uncommon occurrence, irritant contact dermatitis induced by povidone iodine can be an unfortunate adverse reaction complicating its use as an antiseptic. We hereby present the case report of a patient who suffered such a reaction as a result of exposure to povidone iodine, employed as an antiseptic during spinal anesthesia. On conservative management with soframycin ointment, the lesions...

The effects of copper and zinc ions on the rate of killing of Gram-negative bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Gram-positive bacterium Staphylococcus aureus and fungal yeast Candida albicans by antiseptic agents cetylpyridinium chloride and povidone-iodine (Betadine) were investigated. In the 48 test cases copper and zinc ions clearly potentiated the antiseptic agents in 28 (58.3%) cases and exh...

Silver ions are a strong antiseptic with a broad spectrum. Treatment of textiles and leather with nanosilver particles is a new idea for real clean wear. The nanometer-size particles have a large specific surface resulting in the release of silver ions in antiseptic concentration. One way to investigate nanosilver treated leather is the intrinsic fluorescence of organic material. This fluoresce...