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Is it safe to use 3% hydrogen peroxide and 99% isopropyl alcohol on a wound?
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Wound: you can use hydrogen peroxide to cleanse your wound or you can use rubbing alcohol but you may want to use one or the other, not both together
Answered 4/24/2016
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