Effects of chloramphenicol, povidone-iodine 1% and 5% eye drops on the colonisation of conjunctival flora in patients undergoing cataract surgery.

Journal: Ghana medical journal
PMID: 38504751

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: the aim was to compare 2 drops of either 5% chloramphenicol, 1% povidone-iodine or 5% povidone-iodine before cataract surgery on reducing the colonisation of bacterial flora in the conjunctiva.

Authors

  • Nasrin Tofighi
    Department of Operating Room and Anesthesiology, School of Paramedicine, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran.
  • Mohsen Gohari
    Department of Ophthalmology, Geriatric Ophthalmology Research Center, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran.
  • Maryam Sadeh
    Department of Laboratory Sciences, School of Paramedicine, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran.
  • Hosein Fallahzadeh
    Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran.
  • Fatemeh Jabinian
    Department of Operating Room and Anesthesiology, School of Paramedicine, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran.

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