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Section Type: RESULTS

Text: After preparation of the arthrocentesis sites, there were no significant differences in post-scrub CFUs/mL among the 10 minutes (mean clean, 46. 00 + / -64. 36 ; mean contaminated, 28. 67 + / -18. 04), 5 minutes (mean clean, 84. 17 + / -109. 80 ; mean contaminated, 40. 33 + / -44. 52), three 30 seconds povidone-iodine scrubs (mean clean, 95. 50 + / -172. 29 ; mean contaminated, 46. 67 + / -56. 94), or application of a commercial one-step iodophor surgical solution (mean clean, 102. 17 + / -161. 78 ; mean contaminated 117. 67 + / -143. 78) ; or between the clean (81. 96 + / -131. 69) and contaminated groups (58. 33 + / -85. 90) (P <. 01).