| Alcohol does not kill bacteria- at least not the way it is generally used. It takes 20 minutes of complete immersion in alcohol to kill bacteria. Okay, so you're thinking then why do they use it in the doctor's office before sticking us with anything. Two reasons- 1. we expect it, and 2. it cleans off any surface dirt, which is a good idea.
A study was done back in the late 80s or early 90s (can't find any refernce to it any longer) in England. They took 400 diabetics and split tehm into two groups. One group used alcohol wipes before injecting or testing (in the early testing days), the other did not. There were two patients that got infections- both in the group that used alcohol wipes. My conclusion: alcohol makes .5% of all germs angry, while the rest get drunk and fall asleep.
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