The use method of the double-ended iodine cotton swab is to push the colored ring end of the cotton swab upward along the adhesive film, and the colored ring end is printed upward, so that one hand holds the upper end of the cotton swab and the other hand breaks along the colored ring. When the liquid in the tube flows to half of the cotton swab tube, the cotton swab can be turned upside down so that the iodine can soak the cotton swab for later use.
Brief introduction of cotton swab
Cotton swabs, also known as wiping sticks. A cotton swab is a small wooden stick or plastic stick wrapped with a little sterilized cotton, which is slightly larger than a matchstick. Mainly used for smearing potions and sucking pus and blood. There are many kinds of cotton swabs, such as dust-free wiping sticks, clean cotton swabs, medical cotton swabs and instant cotton swabs.
Its varieties can be divided into electronic photoelectric cotton swabs, medical beauty cotton swabs, household cotton swabs and other industrial fields according to application fields. Its materials and shapes are diverse, and it can be used for wiping with various solvents.
Sterile cotton swabs are needed for skin disinfection. Once they are contaminated, the wound may be infected. Some people think that cotton swabs should be dipped in disinfectants such as alcohol and iodophor anyway, and it doesn't matter if there are some bacteria.
They don't know that disinfection and sterilization are two different concepts. Disinfection is to kill pathogenic microorganisms on articles; Sterilization is to completely kill all pathogenic and non-pathogenic microorganisms, including spores, on articles. Sterilization includes disinfection, and disinfection cannot replace sterilization.