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Old 03-July-2009, 03:00 PM
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Ineffective and out-of-date!

The recommended skin-prep before any invasive procedure is now chlorhexidine 2% in either isopropanol or water. See: http://findarticles.com/p/articles/m...1/ai_n9324398/

For wide skin prep, such as pre-surgery, water is to be preferred as alcohols are inflammable.

John
Irrelevant for the question asked.
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