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2. Povidone-iodine - Wikipedia

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   Povidone-iodine (PVP-I), also known as iodopovidone, is an antiseptic used for skin disinfection before and after surgery. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It may be used both to disinfect the hands of healthcare providers and the skin of the person they are caring for. [ 2 ]

3. Iodine (medical use) - Wikipedia

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   Elemental iodine is used as an antiseptic either as the element, or as the water-soluble triiodide anion I 3 − generated in situ by adding iodide to poorly water-soluble elemental iodine (the reverse chemical reaction makes some free elemental iodine available for antisepsis).

4. Tincture of iodine - Wikipedia

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   Tincture of iodine, iodine tincture, or weak iodine solution is an antiseptic. It is usually 2 to 3% elemental iodine, along with potassium iodide or sodium iodide, dissolved in a mixture of ethanol and water. Tincture solutions are characterized by the presence of alcohol.

5. Lugol's iodine - Wikipedia

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   Lugol's iodine is a liquid made up of two parts potassium iodide for every one part elemental iodine in water. [8] Lugol's iodine was first made in 1829 by the French physician Jean Lugol. [7] [8] It is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines. [9] [10] Lugol's iodine is available as a generic medication and over the ...

6. Iodine - Wikipedia

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   Iodine is a chemical element; it has symbol I and atomic number 53. The heaviest of the stable halogens, ... Elemental iodine (I 2) is used as an antiseptic in ...

7. Antiseptic - Wikipedia

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   The traditional iodine antiseptic is an alcohol solution (called tincture of iodine) or as Lugol's iodine solution. Some studies [ 16 ] do not recommend disinfecting minor wounds with iodine because of concern that it may induce scar tissue formation and increase healing time.