As usual, the solution to the problem (pun intended) was already in the room: Povidone iodine (also called iodopovidone) is an antiseptic listed on the WHO List of Essential Medicines. It is ...
Recently, ISMP Canada published a safety bulletin on oral dosing errors associated with LUGOL's solution (potassium iodide and iodine), also referred to as strong iodine solution. [1] The ...
Iodine is an essential element - without which we would suffer severe developmental problems - and yet most of us have no idea how much we need, or where it comes from. In Their Element: Awesome ...
The toxic qualities of iodine were soon realized, and the tincture, a yellowish brown solution began to be widely used as a disinfectant. Even today, the most common water purification tablets one can ...
Only the parts that were green become blue/black with iodine solution, showing the importance of chlorophyll in photosynthesis. The parts without chlorophyll do not photosynthesise, and so they do ...