<prompt> Best method of skin disinfectant is -Spirit100 alcoholTincture iodineCetrimide  <response>: Iodine in an aqeous and alchoholic solution has been widely used as skin disinfectant. it is actively bactericidal with moderate action against spores REF:Ananthanarayan and Panickers Textbook ofMicrobiology 8thEdition pg no:36 