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19 month old picked up the white pad at the bottom of a chicken tray out of the trash and she thought it was a rag and rubbed it all over her face.

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Wash face: wash face really good. The thing to worry about would be a bacterial infection of the GI tract like Salmonella. All you can do is wait and see if something happens.

Answered 1/15/2015

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