https://www.vetsurgeon.org/f/clinical-questions/24199/pre-operative-scrubbing-of-the-skin [quote user=&quot;Julian Earl&quot;]My understanding from surgical CPD that intravenous potentiated amoxicillin is adequate for allsurgery, if that is available any more? That&#39;s from the Improve International year-long surgical module course . But I agree thaten-USTelligent Community 10https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/157230?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 26 Apr 2016 12:04:56 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:6a9e0076-b338-4362-8c09-bac2dde5f98cMarie Kubiak<p>[quote user=&quot;Alet Engelbrecht&quot;]</p> <p>We routinely use a product called F10 in South Africa, which is Quaternay Ammonium Compounds. Very happy with it, much fewer hypersensitivities than hibitane. Is it available in the UK? A whole range of products for practice disinfection, hand scrubbing, skin prepping.</p> <p></p> <div style="clear:both;"></div> <p>[/quote]</p> <p>F10 is widely used in the zoo/exotics world but doesn&#39;t seem to have crossed over to small animal practice, possibly due to higher costs. I love the stuff!</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/157225?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 26 Apr 2016 10:48:36 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:981f2597-bc88-408b-bc74-a9ccc2615e9fAlet Engelbrecht<p>We routinely use a product called F10 in South Africa, which is Quaternay Ammonium Compounds. Very happy with it, much fewer hypersensitivities than hibitane. Is it available in the UK? A whole range of products for practice disinfection, hand scrubbing, skin prepping.</p> <p></p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/157224?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 26 Apr 2016 10:45:10 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:cea95c08-412a-4826-9c0b-a4ec21735f0dAlet Engelbrecht<p>I cleaned a couple of scrapes on myself with neat Savlon as a student (to lazy/hungover to bother to dilute) and got blisters...</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/157209?ContentTypeID=1Mon, 25 Apr 2016 23:12:36 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:38c24aef-7994-4c8a-9d60-d58e9fd69aaegrumpyoldman<p>We regularly saw iatrogenic ear damage with DIY Savlon , still see it with TCP , you can smelt before you see it.</p> <p>One of our assistants who has some kind of allergy problem with Hibiscrub introduced us to Sterilium ,which has been useful in emergencies ,with its 90 second timer and quick pre glove contact time. &nbsp;</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/157201?ContentTypeID=1Mon, 25 Apr 2016 18:24:00 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:4dbac400-97ee-4dd0-9d31-60382ef51f8dEvelyn Barbour-Hill<p>Well, you can&#39;t actually get Savlon any more.</p> <p>We used it all the time.</p> <p>The tissue damage came from idiots using it much too strong, or even neat.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>