Highlighting techniques for testing antimicrobial compounds, this new edition of a bestselling handbook provides tips and tools for navigating the ins and outs of FDA approval procedures. It offers strategies for the servicing of expanding markets, outlines testing protocols, presents a range of testing techniques, and reviews their efficacy and appropriate uses. It also demonstrates specific methods for testing the effectiveness and safety of preinjection and preoperative washes, healthcare and food workers¿ handwashes and sanitizers, and other surgical scrubs.