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Are You Using the Right Prep?

Take an evidence-based look at your choice of skin antisepsis agents.

Rabih Darouiche, MD

Medicine is full of rituals based on tradition rather than clinical evidence. Take surgical skin preps. Povidone-iodine has long been considered the standard of care, but do you still prep with it because of its clinical efficacy or because it's what you've always used? Since two-thirds of surgical-site infections occur at the point of incision, and there's no arguing that using the most effective agent is essential to protecting your patients, perhaps it's time to reassess your prepping habits.

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