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Is It Safe To Clean Wound With Alcohol?
Hi, my hand was stuck by a dried pipet tip -----the tip was used to such the medium out from the cancer cells. My finger was bleeding. I squeezed the blood out and washed by clean water. Then I use alcohol to clean the wound.... Is that possible that I can be infected ?
Wed, 25 Feb 2015
this is called needle stick injury.
the steps that you have carried out after the injury , i will say that there are lesser chances of getting infected.
alcohol is an antiseptic agent so it will do its job.
next time use double glove before handling such instruments.
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the steps that you have carried out after the injury , i will say that there are lesser chances of getting infected.
alcohol is an antiseptic agent so it will do its job.
next time use double glove before handling such instruments.
hope my answer helped you.
thank you. do rate my answer
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