Bacterial culture after three sterilization methods for cataract surgery

To compare bacterial cultures from three sterilization methods immediately before and after cataract surgery.A prospective randomized open-label group-comparison study.We investigated 75 eyes in 73 consecutive patients undergoing cataract surgery. After swabbing the eyelid and surrounding area, patients were randomly assigned to one of 3 eye-washing methods: patients administered one drop of 5 % povidone-iodine (Group A); patients whose...