Surgeons preparing for an invasive surgical procedure will scrub their hands thoroughly, and then they use a strong alcohol-based hand sanitizer which renders their hands sterile.

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While surgeons do scrub their hands thoroughly and may use alcohol-based hand sanitizers, these practices reduce the microbial load to a very low level but do not render the hands completely sterile.

Surgeons Preparing for an Invasive Surgical Procedure Will Scrub Their