This book will provide the latest research and product development and improvements for topical antimicrobials currently in the marketplace and those preparing to enter the market. The book will include focus in not one, but four distinct and integrated areas: business, science, personal psychology, and sociology. The book will discuss the various drug products, including chlorhexidine gluconate (CHG), povidone iodine (PVPI), alcohols, alcohols plus CHG, alcohols plus PVPI, parachlorometaxylenol (PCMX), and Triclosan. New products and testing methods in the industry will be included, and the book will end with a chapter synthesizing the topics covered.