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.
Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
Aalborg Universitetshospital, Aalborg, Denmark
Radboud UMC, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands
Steadman Hawkins Clinic of the Carolinas, Greenville, South Carolina, United States
Ahmed Abbas, Assiut, Cairo, Egypt
Department of GI, Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany
Penn State College of Medicine, Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States
Children's Mercy Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri, United States
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Mi, Italy
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