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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Otolaryngol. 2020 Jun 6;41(5):102604. doi: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2020.102604

Table 1.

Recipe for Irrigation Treatments.

Treatment Supplies Instructions
1% Povidone-Iodine 2 rinse bottles1
Buffered salt packet1
10% povidone-iodine solution2
3 mL syringe
Mix 2.4 mL 10% povidone-iodine solution (measured using syringe) with buffered salt packet and 240mL of water4 in rinse bottle
0.05% Mupirocin 2 rinse bottles1
Buffered salt packet1
125 mg mupirocin capsule3
Mix contents of 125 mg mupirocin capsule with buffered salt packet and 240 mL of water4 in rinse bottle
Saline Control 2 rinse bottles1
Buffered salt packet1
Mix buffered salt packet with 240 mL of water4 in rinse bottle
1

NeilMed Pharmaceuticals (Santa Rosa, CA).

2

Betadine®, Purdue Products L.P. (Stamford, CT).

3

Compounding pharmacy.

4

Previously boiled or distilled.