If you have applied expired povidone iodine, you should promptly rinse with saline and re-disinfect the wound, and if it causes infection, you should also choose antibiotic treatment.
1. Rinse, re-disinfection: expired povidone iodine can not play the role of sterilization and disinfection of the wound, so you should avoid the use of expired povidone iodine, if you have applied the expired povidone iodine, you should promptly use flowing water, or saline rinse a lot of, wash off the previous application of povidone iodine that has expired, and then use the expired povidone iodine to the wound and the surrounding skin routine disinfection.
2. Antibiotic treatment: If the use of expired povidone iodine does not achieve the effect of sterilization, there may be secondary wound infection, if the infection can be treated with erythromycin ointment, mupirocin ointment and other antibiotic ointment.
Coated with expired povidone iodine, if it causes infection, you need to go to the hospital in time to check, under the guidance of the doctor to use medication.