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Thread: What's available to clean fingers when you can't wash your hands?

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05-09-2008, 05:09 AM

fgummett

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I am a: Type 2

Join Date: Mar 2008

Location: Nova Scotia, Canada

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I seem to recall reading NOT to use alcohol as it can affect the reading?

I wash if I have been handling food so as not to get a false high reading, but otherwise I don't make a big fuss about it... I am of the school that we focus too much on keeping things clean these days

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