title: The right skin preparation technique: a literature review.
abstract: Recent debates and guidelines are suggesting back and forth motion to be the optimal preoperative technique for skin preparation. There is a lack of conclusive evidence showing this to be the case, but it may be reasonable to follow this technique, in preference to the widely used concentric circles motion, as the antiseptic agent will reach deeper cell layers of the skin where most of the microbes are found.
authors.forename: Pedro
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Silva
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D011300:Preoperative Care; D012867:Skin; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000517:prevention & control*