Experts have warned using some versions of these products designed to keep us clean could indiscriminately wipe-out out those ...

One exception is before surgery: Because antibacterial soaps are still the best at removing bacteria from the skin just below the surface, surgeons still have to scrub with germ-killing soap and ...

Surgical site infections can be prevented during pain relief procedures, anesthesiologists and pain physicians say.

They call for patients to shower or bathe before surgery, for the skin of the surgery site to be prepared with an alcohol-based antiseptic solution, and for doctors to scrub their hands with a ...