The Journal of bone and joint surgery. American volume
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J Bone Joint Surg Am · Jan 2012
Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative StudyVisibility of surgical site marking: a prospective randomized trial of two skin preparation solutions.
An important component of the surgical time-out is to confirm surgical site skin markings to prevent wrong-site surgery. Different skin preparation solutions may have variable effects on the visibility of site markings after application. We performed a prospective randomized clinical trial to quantitatively and qualitatively evaluate the visibility of surgical site markings after the use of two commonly available skin preparation solutions. ⋯ The use of the chlorhexidine-based solution for skin preparation resulted in significantly greater erasure of the surgical site marking than did the use of the iodine-based solution.