MCK12012300 - Impregnated Swabstick Sponge Tip Plastic Shaft

If you want something so effective that hospitals use them for disinfection, this is it. As might be expected, they will sting on open cuts, but that's the purpose in the first place. Only one restriction: when tearing them open and will using the swab, keep the package vertical. There's excess disinfection solution in the package with will pour out if the swab packaging if you invert it. You can, if desired, dump this residual on the swab itself for additional disinfection.

These were barely passable as effective. I'm a nurse and use butadiene swabs all the time, they are usually like cotton balls on a stick saturated in betadine and leave a good amount of betadine on the skin after you swab. These had firmly wrapped cotton on the end of the stick and while they were wet, the cotton was so firm that when you swabbed the skin it barely left any betadine behind. My surgeon wants me to swab my incision and then let it dry for 5 min, with these swabs it was dry after just a few second because of how little liquid was left on the skin. Maybe I got a bad batch, but they look perfectly fine and undamaged, just not an effective design.

The betadine swabs arrived so dry that they were useless. I can't afford the prices at the local medical supply stores or drug store chains so have now switched to alcohol wipe. A really disappointment.

Pro: Unparalleled as a disinfectant -- much, much better than an alcohol wipe.Con: Wide variation in the amount of solution per package. In some boxes, the solution is so abundant you have to be careful how you hold the individual package, lest it spill. In others, you have to squeeze the swab-stick quite firmly to get sufficient solution. Not sure why this is, since it doesn't seem to be a function of the expiration date.

Sorry to say but these are almost dry! What a poor product control. I almost returned them but desperately needed them to change post mastectomy dressings. Steer clear

Great product. Swab is wet with Povidine and additionally there is a small amount of solution in bottom of packet that I pour onto the swab. I bought another brand at local medical supply store and the swabs were nearly dry. I will be ordering these again.

I purchase these to have in case of accidents or emergencies at home. I have tried a couple to see how well they are saturated and how well they work. When I donate blood, the swabs the blood tech uses seems to be loaded and almost dripping with the Iodine whereas these are full of Iodine but not nearly as much. It's OK for my needs though.

This item has a long swab stick and very large cotton swab with a generous amount of povidone iodine (comparable to Betadine). It does not sting; disinfects wound. It is nice that they are packaged per unit. One swab should be sufficient to clean up multiple abrasions & small lacerations prior to bandaging.