betadine

DRB · Post by **DRB** » Fri Sep 15, 2006 12:39 pm

Going to use my betadine today,can anyone tell me what amounts I'm to use it at for cleaning 25litre bins,and I read also that it will turn plastic yellow is that right,as I didn't really want to turn my frementing bins yellow,as dont it matter.

deadlydes · Post by **deadlydes** » Fri Sep 15, 2006 1:05 pm

2-2.5ml per litre
apray it on using an atomiser spray thingy
leave it for 3-5mins. invert to get rid of the excess then use
no rince necessary

Vossy1 · Post by **Vossy1** » Fri Sep 15, 2006 1:26 pm

Don't leave plastic items soaking in iodophor for to long, ie, overnight, as it will stain tubing and certain plastics

norman · Post by **norman** » Sat Sep 16, 2006 10:00 am

What is the effective contact time,deadlydes says 5minutes daab,10 minutes.I have also seen times as low as 60 seconds.

Vossy1 · Post by **Vossy1** » Sat Sep 16, 2006 10:13 am

I've seen 10 seconds rec the most. DaaB uses the minimal optimum whilst Deads uses the max.

I use 10 secs or longer as suits

shish · Post by **shish** » Mon Sep 18, 2006 8:42 pm

right, quick question...

1/4 teaspoon per litre right?

this is a very small ammount to try and measure on a teaspoon which might be a different size to everyone elses!

Given it's water based, how does measuring out 2.5grams sound (i have some 0.1g scales)

shish · Post by **shish** » Mon Sep 18, 2006 11:06 pm

used some digital scales... all sorted!

bandit · Post by **bandit** » Wed Nov 15, 2006 5:59 pm

Can I run a litre of this solution through my CFC?

eskimobob · Post by **eskimobob** » Wed Nov 15, 2006 6:02 pm

bandit1200s wrote:Can I run a litre of this solution through my CFC?

Apparently it is not supposed to be used on copper but I use it to run through my CFC and have not noticed any problems.

Frothy · Post by **Frothy** » Sun Nov 26, 2006 4:17 pm

deadlydes wrote:2-2.5ml per litre
apray it on using an atomiser spray thingy
leave it for 3-5mins. invert to get rid of the excess then use
no rince necessary

Bought some Betadine from Tescos chemist yesterday
made it up like this and there is no colour to the solution - it seems very weak.... have I got the right stuff??

Matt

steve_flack · Post by **steve_flack** » Sun Nov 26, 2006 5:33 pm

The stuff you want is 10% Iodine-Povidone. It's called something like 'Betadine standardised aqueous for microbicidal preparation of operative sites'. The stuff you've got is a mouthwash...it's probably a lot weaker (I hope - I wouldn't want to gargle 10% iodophor!)

eskimobob · Post by **eskimobob** » Sun Nov 26, 2006 5:49 pm

I think DaaB posted a picture of the bottle here somewhere, I printed it out and took it to the chemist - spoke to the phamacist and she knew what it was but had to search on the 'puter to find it - make sure they order the aqueous version rather than the alcohol version though...

Frothy · Post by **Frothy** » Sun Nov 26, 2006 6:16 pm

steve_flack wrote:The stuff you want is 10% Iodine-Povidone. It's called something like 'Betadine standardised aqueous for microbicidal preparation of operative sites'. The stuff you've got is a mouthwash...it's probably a lot weaker (I hope - I wouldn't want to gargle 10% iodophor!)

ah this is 1% Iodine-povidone so will use 20ml/L. Costs the same though

Will know better next time

muchos gracias
Matt

Post by **Andy** » Sun Nov 26, 2006 7:04 pm

LOL @ Frothers!

Frothy · Post by **Frothy** » Sun Nov 26, 2006 7:44 pm

yeah I got owned by that pharmacist

Matt

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