Betadine Rinses for Chronic Rhinosinusitis Prospective Cohort Study

Povidone Iodine solution 5% (0.5% available iodine) by 3MTM has been specially formulated as a nasal antiseptic. They have shown topical application to be clinically safe, tolerable and to be rapidly bacteriocidal against aerobic gram positive and gram- negative bacteria including methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus, methicillin resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis, vancomycin resistant Enterococcus faecium and Enterococcus faecalis (VRE) and yeast (3M study 05-011100,05-011017, 05-011322).

Budesonide is is provided in nebules (1mg/2cc). Patients will place two nebules of budesonide into the 250mls of saline.