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A nurse rubs alcohol like ethanol and isopropanol on a patient's skin before administering an injection. What could be a medical consequence of neglecting to clean the skin…

A nurse rubs alcohol like ethanol and isopropanol on a patient's skin before administering an injection. What could be a medical consequence of neglecting to clean the skin…
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A nurse rubs alcohol like ethanol and isopropanol on a patient's skin before administering an injection. What could be a medical consequence of neglecting to clean the skin before puncturing it with the needle?

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the person can get an infection
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User Lizhen Hu
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Infection would be the most likely consequence. There could be other, farther-reaching consequences as well, depending on whether the needle was clean or not, or if the patient's skin was dirty, etc.
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