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Thread: Cooling in Egypt

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05-01-2008, 01:50 AM

HelenM

Senior Member

I am a: Type 1.5

Join Date: Feb 2006

Location: France

Posts: 687

Quote:

Alcohol does not kill bacteria

Thanks for that Olwyn. I'd been meaning to post this. On my pump course we were told that recent studies have found that it may actually encourage the growth of some bacteria. I found this reference.
Soap Combats C.Difficile
On the course we were told not to use alcohol, to use (very vigorous)handwashing with soap and water + swabbing the vial with chlorhexidine.