I would guess that having infected blood on you, and potentially smeared in your car and other places, is quite a lot worse than drenching it in alcohol even if not fully cleaned. Why not both?
I wiped a LOT of blood — infected and not — off my fingers, hands, and arms in the course of practicing neurosurgical anesthesiology for 38 years (now retired).
I'd guess hundreds of times.
Often — especially nights and weekends — there's no other anesthesiologist available to come to the O.R. for relief and a chance to wash it off.
In those cases, I'd ask the circulating nurse to get a bunch of towels and run them under hot water at the scrub sink, then give them to me to wipe off as best I could.
I'd guess hundreds of times.
Often — especially nights and weekends — there's no other anesthesiologist available to come to the O.R. for relief and a chance to wash it off.
In those cases, I'd ask the circulating nurse to get a bunch of towels and run them under hot water at the scrub sink, then give them to me to wipe off as best I could.