If you fall and notice you are bleeding, your first step may be to grab a first aid kit and clean the wound to avoid infection. Antiseptics like hydrogen peroxide and rubbing alcohol are commonly used due to their disinfecting abilities. After a previous VERIFY story explained why you should not use hydrogen peroxide to clean wounds, a VERIFY viewer texted to ask whether the same applies to rubbing alcohol.
THE QUESTION
Should you clean wounds with rubbing alcohol?
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