| abstract |
COMPOSITION FOR SKIN APPLICATION AND METHOD FOR PREPARING A SURGERY PATIENT. A composition for skin application, comprising a biocide or combination of biocides (such as chlorhexidine, halogenated phenols, quaternary ammonium compounds; povidone iodine; zinc pyridinethione; alcohols, etc.) and at least one transcutaneous vehicle (e.g. alkyl methyl sulfoxides, alkyl pyrrolidones, glycols, glycol ethers, and glycol esters) effective for transporting the biocide to a sub-epidermal "resident" microorganism. Also a method for preparing a patient for surgery comprising the step of treating an area of the patient's skin at or adjacent to the site of a desired surgical incision with an effective composition for exterminating more than 93% of both "transient" and "resident" microorganisms " |