| Search ID | Search term/s |
| #1 | exp Skin/ |
| #2 | exp Antisepsis/ |
| #3 | and/1–2 |
| #4 | exp Disinfectants/ |
| #5 | 1 and 4 |
| #6 | 3 or 5 |
| #7 | exp Anti-Infective Agents, Local/ |
| #8 | exp Iodine/ |
| #9 | exp Iodophors/ |
| #10 | exp Povidone-Iodine/ |
| #11 | exp Chlorhexidine/ |
| #12 | exp Alcohols/ |
| #13 | or/6–12 |
| #14 | exp Surgical Wound Infection/ |
| #15 | “surgical site infection”.ab,kf,ti. |
| #16 | 14 or 15 |
| #17 | 13 and 16 |