The best skin disinfectant is -: (A) Alcohol, (B) Savlon, (C) iodine, (D) Phenol
Answer is C. Iodine in an aqeous and alchoholic solution has been widely used as skin disinfectant. it is actively bactericidal with moderate action against spores REF:Ananthanarayan and Panicker's Textbook ofMicrobiology 8thEdition pg no:36