{"id":12891,"date":"2021-06-25T13:11:17","date_gmt":"2021-06-25T13:11:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pdihc.com\/?p=12891"},"modified":"2026-06-03T14:57:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T14:57:12","slug":"or-today-aorn-recommends-nasal-decolonization-with-pvp-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pdihc.com\/or-today-aorn-recommends-nasal-decolonization-with-pvp-i\/","title":{"rendered":"OR Today: AORN Recommends Nasal Decolonization with PVP-I"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>OR Today Magazine<\/strong> recently published an article entitled <em>AORN Recommends Nasal Decolonization with PVP-I,<\/em> which discusses the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) updated recommendations on the \u201cGuideline for Preoperative Skin Antisepsis,\u201d intending to assist healthcare professionals in navigating risk-based decisions for developing preoperative decolonization programs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Excerpt from the article:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cPDI Healthcare\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pdihc.com\/products\/interventional-care\/profend-nasal-decolonization-kit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Profend Nasal Decolonization Kit<\/a> is a Povidone-Iodine (PVP-I) antiseptic product specifically designed to be used in the nose. In accordance with the new guideline, Profend swabsticks proactively defend surgical from infections related to <em>Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus)<\/em> or Methicillin-Resistant\u00a0<em>Staphylococcus aureus<\/em>\u00a0(MRSA).<\/p>\n<p>To help reduce this risk, PVP-I provides a broad-spectrum antiseptic that has been proven effective in reducing both\u00a0<em>S. aureus<\/em> and MRSA with no known bacterial resistance, an added advantage over the widely used nasal antibiotic mupirocin. Profend swabsticks are pre-saturated with 10% w\/w PVP-I that can be used for nasal decolonization of almost all patients. The Profend Nasal Decolonization Kits come in sets of four swabs applied for just fifteen seconds each for a total application time of 60 seconds. 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