Evidence-based On-call

Cellulitis

Prevention

Clean wounds with povidone-iodine. ^b

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Check patients are not allergic to iodine. ^d

Why?

Wound cleaning of simple laceration with povidone-iodine reduces wound infections ^b

Wound cleaning of simple lacerations with povidnoe-iodine reduces wound infections

Patient ^b	Treatment	Comparison	Outcome	CER	RRR (95% CI)	NNT (95% CI)
simple laceration	wound cleaning with povidone-iodine	saline	infected wound at 14 days	15%	65% (31% to 82%)	10 (6 to 25)
			purulent wound at 14 days	6.2%	84% (29% to 96%)	19 (11 to 65)