Sorry, should have clarified the whole alcohol thing. I wouldn't use alcohol on your skin. The reason use of alcohol swabs on skin may be associated with increased infections is because 1) alcohol strips away that nice oily barrier on our skin that protects us and 2) it can create new skin pores or expand existing pores, resulting in greater skin permeability.
Alcohol used as a hard surface disinfectant might need to be in contact with that surface for at least 2 minutes to be effective.
Personally, I wouldn't worry about it. Just throwing out suggestions.
