Clinical medicine profile
Povidone-Iodine Surgical Scrub
Antiseptic [EPC]
- Route
- See product SmPC
- Schedule
- POM
- ATC
- Not assigned
- PPB status
- registered
Safety essentials
The information most likely to change a prescribing or dispensing decision.
Contraindications
- Hypersensitivity to the active substance or excipients.
- Additional absolute contraindications are indication- and product-specific — consult SmPC.
Precautions
- Warnings For external use only Do Not Use if allergic to iodine in the eyes Stop use and ask a doctor if irritation and redness develop condition persists for more than 72 hours Keep out of reach of children.
- If swallowed, get medical help or contact a Poison Control Center right away.
Dosing matrix
Population and organ-function guidance, shown together for faster comparison.
Directions Surgical hand scrub: Clean under nails with a nail pick. Nails should be maintained with a 1 millimeter free edge. Wet hands and forearms. Apply 5 milliliters (teaspoonful) or palmful to hands and forearms. Scrub thoroughly for five minutes paying particular attention to the nails, cuticles, and interdigital spaces. Rinse and repeat scrub. Preoperative skin preparation: Clean the area. Apply product to the operative site prior to surgery.
See label paediatric section if present; otherwise use paediatric formulary — do not extrapolate adult doses.
Review renal impairment dosing; many agents need CrCl/eGFR adjustment.
- CrCl 0–120: Confirm renal dosing in product SmPC / primary label.
Review hepatic impairment dosing; monitor LFTs if agent is hepatically cleared or hepatotoxic.
Use, effects & interactions
Indications
- Uses Surgical hand scrub which significantly reduces the number of micro-organisms on the hands and forearms prior to surgery or patient care.
- Preoperative skin preparation for the preparation of the skin prior to surgery.
- Helps reduce bacteria that potentially can cause skin infection
Adverse effects
- Adverse reactions vary by agent.
- Counsel on common predictable effects and serious warning symptoms (allergy, severe rash, jaundice, unusual bleeding, severe GI symptoms, neurological changes).
- Report suspected ADRs via national pharmacovigilance channels.
Drug interactions
Open multi-drug checker ↗- Professional use: confirm indication, dose, duration, monitoring and patient counselling points against current Kenya STG / EML and the product SmPC.
- Document allergy status and key interactions.
Mechanism & disposition
Mechanism is agent-specific.
Read complete mechanism
Mechanism is agent-specific. At receptor, enzyme, ion channel, transporter or microbial target level, the drug alters a physiological or pathological pathway to produce its therapeutic effect. Confirm precise molecular mechanism in current SmPC / pharmacology reference for this INN before high-stakes decisions.
Product-specific
Product-specific
See product SmPC
are product-specific. Consider food effects, protein binding, hepatic CYP/UGT
when adjusting for organ impairment, age and drug interactions. Verify parameters in the current SmPC.
Pregnancy, lactation & diet
Use only if potential benefit justifies potential risk; prefer agents with better reproductive data when alternatives exist.
Assess infant risk vs benefit of maternal therapy; prefer agents with lactation data.
Brands & loaded prices
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Sources & review state
Decision support only. Confirm patient-specific decisions against the current product SmPC, Kenya STG/EML, and professional judgement.