The best antiseptic is? -: (A) Alcohol, (B) Betadine, (C) Savlon, (D) Phenol
Answer is B. Betadine, povidone, and isodine are the common iodophor compounds that contain 2-10% of available iodine. They are used to prepare skin and mucous membranes for surgery and in surgical hand scrubs and known as best antiseptics. Iodine is used as a skin antiseptic and kills microorganism by oxidizing cell constituents and iodinating cell proteins