Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 June 2022
We evaluated povidone-iodine (PVI) decolonization among 51 fracture-fixation surgery patients. PVI was applied twice on the day of surgery. Patients were tested for S. aureus nasal colonization and surveyed. Mean S. aureus concentrations decreased from 3.13 to 1.15 CFU/mL (P = .03). Also, 86% of patients stated that they felt neutral or positive about their PVI experience.
PREVIOUS PRESENTATION. This work was presented in part as a poster at the SHEA 2022 Annual Meeting on April 13, 2022, in Colorado Springs, Colorado (Poster Board Number: 305).