Is it indeed forbidden to clean a rabies wound with alcohol?
This is the most effective first-aid treatment against rabies. Wounds should be cleaned thoroughly with 70% alcohol/ethanol or povidone-iodine, if available". But it is not certain because if you look at the order you'll see that first of all it's water and soap and later alcohol, but it's not necessary that the order is matter.
safety - Is there any research or theory that indicates whether ...
2024年4月20日 · I couldn't find any such studies; studies using isopropyl alcohol (IPA) are largely about short term use situations, such as postoperative nausea, and certainly not problems like motion sickness. ( This meta analysis concluded the …
Does bleach have to be diluted to be more effective to kill virus?
2020年3月26日 · Interestingly, I think ethanol and isopropyl alcohol are more effective when diluted (IIRC due to some polar vs. non-polar solvent effects), but that would be a topic for another question. – jpa Commented Mar 27, 2020 at 13:00
Rubbing alcohol or hydrogen peroxide for small wounds?
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ear - How to properly clean a silicone earplug? - Medical Sciences ...
2018年1月21日 · This is not remedied with alcohol. It is a form of discoloration. To make them look clean again, use bleach. Silicone can withstand quite a bit of that, but use very warm, not hot/boiling water. This combination also disinfects your gear. After years of exposure to water and humidity, clear silicone can begin to yellow and blacken.
When alcohol is used to sterilize, what about it changes that it …
2019年9月24日 · Yes, used alcohol will be sterile (free of live microbes), but it will not be exactly clean, because it will contain some "dirt" (dust or other particles). When you use such alcohol again, you will not pass the microbes to the new item, but you can pass some dirt, which may or may not be an issue...
Is water an essential ingredient of alcohol based hand sanitizers?
2020年9月23日 · Higher concentrations of alcohol are actually less effective (that Q&A is specific for isopropyl, but the same is true for ethanol, their mechanism of sterilization is the same), see also here. Summarizing from those answers: higher concentrations of …
Does drinking water mitigate the health risks from daily alcohol ...
2016年1月9日 · The most severe health risk from frequent alcohol consumption are liver damage and malnutrition. There are others, see my list of sources, but I'll focus on those two in my reply. The malnutrition is mostly vitamin deficiencies: folate, vitamin B6, thiamine, and vitamin A. I think it's rather obvious that obvious that consuming more water will ...
medications - Can an individual survive methanol poisoning if the …
2020年11月18日 · Your question regards isopropanol, which uses the same enzymes than ethanol and methanol and once isopropanol shows a higher affinity for AD (alcohol dehydrogenase) than methanol, and Isopropanol does not get metabolized to a toxic acid metabolite like ethylene glycol and methanol
Do all hand sanitizers contribute to antibacterial resistance?
Alcohol-based hand sanitizer are about equal in their ability to remove or kill germs on hands, shown in many studies including one small one involving influenza: Hand hygiene with soap and water or alcohol-based hand rub is highly effective in reducing influenza A virus on human hands, although soap and water is the most effective intervention.