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Minims Povidone Iodine

As of 04 Nov 2026 08:41 UTC. Status is always as stated in the latest recorded notice; the sources do not publish resolution, so nothing on this page says a medicine is back — see methodology.

Latest England noticeMSN/2023/080 Tier 2 · issued 22 Aug 2023 (1170 days ago)
Expected backearly October 2023 as stated in the latest recorded notice stated date passed — no update recorded (1121 days)window end 10 Oct 2023, derived from “early October 2023”
Protocolno Serious Shortage Protocol matched to this name on the NHSBSA register
Scotlandno NHS Scotland alert matched to this name (separate record)

Presentations, as stated in the latest recorded notice

Each line is re-expressed from MSN/2023/080 (22 Aug 2023): the product named, the status the source stated, and the expected-back phrase kept as written. Not the source's sentence, and not an observation of stock.

PresentationStatus, as statedExpected back, as statedStated in
Minims® Povidone Iodine 5% w/v eye drops, solutionaffected product · inferred from phrasingLimited supply, as statedearly October 2023precision: early in the month · window end 10 Oct 2023, derived from “early October 2023”notice of 22 Aug 2023
Videne® (povidone iodine) antiseptic solution 10% w/w cutaneous solutionnamed by the source as remaining available · inferred from phrasingStated as available— not stated for this linenotice of 22 Aug 2023

Protocol in force

No Serious Shortage Protocol matched to this name is in force on the NHSBSA register. Matching is by name until identifier coding lands.

Named in the source as remaining available

  • Videne® (povidone iodine) antiseptic solution 10% w/w cutaneous solution — named by the source as remaining available (inferred from phrasing)

Only names the source itself listed, as it listed them (source post ↗). No substitution, dosing or counselling advice is given here or implied.

Identifiers — Minims Povidone Iodine

Also known as
Minims povidone iodine 5% eye drops 0.4ml unit dose · Minims povidone iodine 5% eye drops 0.5ml unit dose
BNF chemical
Povidone iodine 1108020AH — matched on a brand name
Class
Ocular diagnostic & peri-operative prepn & photodynamic tt · Miscellaneous ophthalmic preparations · Eye
SNOMED codes
22323911000001102, 24507511000001101
Suppliers named in the NHSBSA dataset
Bausch & Lomb UK Ltd (from the dataset, not from the notices)

BNF chemical and SNOMED identifiers from NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis (Open Government Licence), matched by name (presentation name), confidence 0.90 — grouping under review where marked Release Jul 2026.

BNF SNOMED mapping, NHSBSA Copyright 2026; Prescription Cost Analysis (PCA) Monthly Administrative Data, NHSBSA Copyright 2026. This information is licenced under the terms of the Open Government Licence.

History

One supply notification on record, 22 Aug 2023. We record when a shortage is declared, not when stock returns — the source doesn't publish that. An update sharing a reference counts as one episode.

IssuedNoticeKindTierReference
22 Aug 2023Medicine Supply Notification: Minims® Povidone Iodine 5% w/v Eye Drops, SolutionSupply notificationTier 2MSN/2023/080

Also recorded under

No other name appears in this medicine's notice titles. Grouping is by the head name in each title; brand and generic names may still sit on separate pages until identifier coding refines it — see the A–Z.

Scotland — separate record

No NHS Scotland Medicine Supply Alert Notice on record matches this name. Scotland is a separate record (all Scotland alerts); absence here is not a statement about supply in Scotland.

Last checked
20 Oct 2026 — sources are checked twice daily by scheduled jobs, not continuously
Last source change
19 Oct 2026
Latest notice captured
30 Aug 2023
Sources
Latest notice post ↗https://cpe.org.uk/our-news/medicine-supply-notification-minims-povidone-iodine-5-w-v-eye-drops-solution · methodology · corrections log

Re-expressed facts with links to the source documents; roles are inferred from phrasing and flagged; fuzzy dates stay fuzzy. Not an official NHS or DHSC service and not clinical advice — in a shortage, follow the guidance issued to your pharmacy or prescriber. Absence of a record is never availability.