An adhesive absorptive pad can be adhesively applied on a patients skin to prevent spillage and pooling of liquid antiseptics used for skin preparation prior to a surgical or aseptic procedure. The adhesive absorptive pad includes an impermeable posterior layer, an absorbent middle layer, and a permeable anterior layer over the absorbent middle layer. The posterior layer has an adhesive material that can adhere to the skin of the patient in a liquid-tight manner provided on its back side, which is the side of the posterior layer opposite the side facing the absorbent middle layer.
