title: Skin preparation.
abstract: Preoperative skin preparation, whether it is the patient's or the surgeon's, should be a brief event. Successful wound healing is determined more by what is done in the wound than what is done on the wound. More than $1 billion annually is wasted on prolonged skin preparation that is not useful to the patient.
authors.affiliation: University of Florida School of Medicine, Gainesville.
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Masterson
mesh_terms: D004203:Disinfection / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D005836:Genitalia, Female / Q000601:surgery*; D006204:Hair Removal; D006225:Hand / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D011300:Preoperative Care / Q000379:methods*; D012867:Skin / Q000382:microbiology*; D013242:Sterilization / Q000379:methods*; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000517:prevention & control; D014621:Vagina / Q000382:microbiology