Povidone-iodine is a stable chemical complex of polyvinylpyrrolidone (povidone, PVP) and elemental iodine. It contains from 9.0% to 12.0% available iodine, calculated on a dry basis. This unique complex was discovered in 1955 at the Industrial Toxicology Laboratories in Philadelphia by H. A. Shelanski and M. V. Shelanski. During in vitro testing to demonstra...
For topical application in the treatment and prevention of infection in wounds.
Al-Azhar University hospitals, Assiut, Egypt
The British University in Egypt, Cairo, Egypt
Omnia Azmy Nabeh, Cairo, Egypt
Loma Linda University Health, Loma Linda, California, United States
Benazir Bhutto Hospital, Rawalpindi, Punjab/46000, Pakistan
Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
Wahidin Sudirohusodo Hospital, Makassar, South Sulawesi, Indonesia
Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States
Menoufia University hospitals, Shibīn Al Kawm, Menoufia, Egypt
CHU de Nantes, Nantes, France
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