BD introduces iodine-based system to remove wound debris

BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) has announced the availability of BD Surgiphor Sterile Wound Irrigation System, a ready-touse aqueous povidone-iodine (PVP-I) irrigation solution that mechanically loosens and removes wound debris. BD Surgiphor is a pre-mixed, pre-labeled, single patient surgical wound irrigation solution. BD Surgiphor uses PVP-I, a well-known antiseptic agent, as a preservative within the solution providing a broad-spectrum antimicrobial effect against gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria and yeast to reduce the risk of unwanted microbial growth in the solution after the bottle is opened. The preservative, as per the company, provides a 99.99 per cent reduction in bacteria within the bottled solution. Healthcare professionals are thus assured that the product they are using has a one in a million chance of containing a single viable microorganism.