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...

tion in solution. For many years it has been used in medical practice, chiefly as a urinary antiseptic, though its value in this latter connection is very much open to doubt. In contact with the blood stream, it is supposed that the drug liberates formalin, and that its antiseptic action is due to this. The drug has also been tried in several other conditions, such! as lithiasis, rheumatism, go...