A DAB WILL DO Hand sanitizer nicely cleans up excess skin prep.

SKIN SOLUTION
Another Use for Hand Sanitizer

Once dry, Duraprep, the antiseptic skin prep agent containing iodine povacrylex and isopropyl alcohol, stands up to blood and saline. In fact, it won't wear off for a while. Unlike plain povidone-iodine, which rinses off with water, it can take days for the painted-on prep to wear off. But alcohol-based hand sanitizer makes it easy to remove excess Duraprep.

Kristin Gillard, MSN
Advanced Ambulatory Surgery Center
Redlands, Calif.
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