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- noun medicine A complex of
povidone andiodine used as atopical antiseptic
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Examples
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Over 50 years in the woods I have never needed more than some bandaids, a small bottle of betadine, a few 4x4 gauze sponges, a small folded piece of duct tape, a jackknife, and a needle.
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Duct tape for butterflys, to hold sponges on injury, cover blisters, etc and betadine for disinfection replace earlier less effective components.
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After dealing with a ridiculous trip to the emergency room, where about $500 got me nothing but a betadine soak and a bandage (oh, and a cool xray that I snaked), I had to go to a hand surgeon.
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Surgery was done with a regular saw and a little betadine, no anesthesia.
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Over 50 years in the woods I have never needed more than some bandaids, a small bottle of betadine, a few 4x4 gauze sponges, a small folded piece of duct tape, a jackknife, and a needle.
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Duct tape for butterflys, to hold sponges on injury, cover blisters, etc and betadine for disinfection replace earlier less effective components.
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When I get blisters I apply betadine and a bandaid and once it pops I clean with the antiseptic twice a day and at night I apply Scarless Healer or Rosa Cream (same thing, different company) which helps the healing.
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Doctors have used betadine, that yellow-colored skin wash, to clean the skin before surgery for decades.
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Doctors have used betadine, that yellow-colored skin wash, to clean the skin before surgery for decades.
Craig A. Umscheid, MD: Health Care's "Consumer Reports": Helping Doctors Find the Best Treatments for You MD Craig A. Umscheid 2010
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I cleaned it out, dowsed it with betadine and butterflied it myself.
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