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For those using 5% Betadine as a single-use prep, how are you handling the associated costs or aliquoting?

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How are you obtaining and using Betadine 5% for intravitreal injections?

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Ophthalmology · Josephberg Robert G Office
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Very difficult legal question. Other countries make 5 or 10 cc bottles produced by Allergan and other generics for 1 dollar.

They are multi-use and sterile. Not legal to import into the USA. By FDA law, for patient use, 10 percent has been used in the USA for 20 years without a significant problem. ...

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