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Why is it harmful to put hand sanitizer on broken skin or open wounds?
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Skin Tear: A wound should not have anything toxic on it. Hand sanitizer is toxic because the contents have alcohol. While it can kill bacteria, it also kills good healthy cells interrupting a healing process.
Answered 2/29/2020
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Ouch!: Besides the obvious discomfort from solutions that are usually alcohol based it is also damaging the exposed tissue.
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