Permanent marker choice?

[GSresident]

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Hey,
This may seem like an unusual question but it comes from the real world. Dr. Oliver and others, what are you using for your permanent markers for pre-op skin marking? I have one Foray permanent marker left but I was wondering if you guys use anything else or have had luck with other brands?

 

[radslooking]

all these years of school and you still need help picking out your markers

sigh...

 

[Rogue990]

Believe it or not, something similar was actually studied:
http://www.eplasty.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=218&Itemid=36&sect=15

it appears they used a "Super Sharpie Series 33000, Sanford Corporation, Oak Brook, Illinois" with good results.

 

[maxheadroom]

We use Sharpies for our preop markings. I've come to prefer Duraprep that is DABBED over the lines to keep from smearing/erasing them. We have the purple Tyco markers in the OR.