“…Furthermore, clinical trial data suggest that intranasal PVP-I demonstrates favorable efficacy in the preoperative decolonization of MRSA and prevention of SSI, compared with chlorhexidine and mupirocin ( 22 , 71 , 74 ). Table 3 summarizes the properties of PVP-I, chlorhexidine, and mupirocin ( 22 , 23 , 28 , 37 , 39 , 40 , 42 – 47 , 57 , 58 , 71 , 72 , 81 – 101 ).…”