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Surgical Spirt
A substance that can be used to disinfect the skin is Surgical spirt. Surgical spirits aids in killing bacteria, viruses and fungus. With their ability to cross the lipid layer of the bacteria cell wall, meaning they can destroy the cell membrane, reaching the cell's interior components to destroy the organism. Surgical spirits are considered antiseptic but not sterilizing

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