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Had to wipe my daughter's butt with a paper towel that was on the floor of a public restroom (no tp) worried sick!can she catch infections from this?

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Infection not likely: If the paper towel wasn't soiled, unlikely to transmit infection. Although public restrooms are not the cleanest places still unlikely to pick up infections from paper towel.

Dr Ferguson agreed

Answered 5/4/2017

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