Quality of lower limb preoperative skin preparation using colorless versus colored disinfectants–results of an experimental, randomized study in a close to reality setting

• Karsten Fink,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Project administration, Software, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Trauma Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

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• Marcus Örgel,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Trauma Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

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• Claas Baier,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute for Medical Microbiology and Hospital Epidemiology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3895-5446

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• Vesta Brauckmann,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Visualization

  Affiliation Department of Trauma Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1372-0491

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• Vasilis Giannoudis,

  Roles Software, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Academic Department of Trauma & Orthopaedics, School of Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds, United Kingdom

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• Emmanouil Liodakis

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: Liodakis.Emmanouil@mh-hannover.de

  Affiliation Department of Trauma Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8870-6216

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