Vox Sanguinis, Original Paper, titled Evaluation of donor arm disinfection techniques, by C. P. McDonald, P. Lowe, A. Roy, S. Robbins, S. Hartley, J. F. Harrison, A. Slopecki, N. Verlander, and J. A. J. Barbara, 2001. Includes six tables, titled Table 1 Donor arm disinfection techniques; Table 2 Distribution of bacterial load (colony-forming units[CFU]/plate) on venepuncture site prior to arm cleaning; Table 3 First donor arm disinfection trial distribution of bacterial load (colony-forming units [CFU]/plate) on venepuncture site after arm cleaning; Table 4 Second donor arm disinfection trial distribution of bacterial load (colony-forming units [CFU]/plate) on venepuncture site after arm cleaning; Table 5 Final donor arm disinfection trial distribution of bacterial load (colony-forming units [CFU]/plate) on venepuncture site after arm cleaning; and Table 6 Statistical analysis of data