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**Lt_Apple** · 07-15-2012, 07:04 AM

Sri. Mahakavi, Greetings.

I am a qualified Registered Nurse. I know the effects of alcowipe swabs. Also I have observed the small increase in BGL readings. In the aged care settings, I used to be person inchage of hypo-glycemia managing person atleast 5 times in the past 2 years. I am not interested in debating with you. I am sorry. If I am seen using alcowipe before checking BGL, I can land in hot waters! No, thanks!

Cheers!

I don't know what you mean by "small increases in BGL readings". What do you mean by "small"? If you are using a blood glucose meter to measure the glucose in blood repeatedly you will get different readings. A reading of 120 can change to 115 or 125 if you repeat the measurements one after the other. It has nothing to do with wiping with alcohol swabs or not. I repeat, alcohol swabs have no glucose. Alcohols are products obtained from distillation after the products are manufactured. Even absolute ethanol (95% ethanol-5 % water) which is obtained from fermentation liquor by extensive distillation does not contain any sugar. Reason: sugar is a solid and stays back when the alcohol is distilled ( for sugar to come with alcohol as a byproduct it is has to melt first and then boil---sugar has a much higher boiling point---so no chance of sugar going with the alcohol). Isopropyl alcohol (also called rubbing alcohol) which is used in the alcohol swabs is prepared by reacting water with a hydrocarbon called propene. No contact with sugar containing materials at any time. I wonder which hospital is prohibiting you from using the clinical rubbing alcohol swabs while testing blood glucose using finger pricks.

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Lt_Apple Join Date Dec 2008 Posts 4,489 Senior Member	Sri. Mahakavi, Greetings. I am a qualified Registered Nurse. I know the effects of alcowipe swabs. Also I have observed the small increase in BGL readings. In the aged care settings, I used to be person inchage of hypo-glycemia managing person atleast 5 times in the past 2 years. I am not interested in debating with you. I am sorry. If I am seen using alcowipe before checking BGL, I can land in hot waters! No, thanks! Cheers! I don't know what you mean by "small increases in BGL readings". What do you mean by "small"? If you are using a blood glucose meter to measure the glucose in blood repeatedly you will get different readings. A reading of 120 can change to 115 or 125 if you repeat the measurements one after the other. It has nothing to do with wiping with alcohol swabs or not. I repeat, alcohol swabs have no glucose. Alcohols are products obtained from distillation after the products are manufactured. Even absolute ethanol (95% ethanol-5 % water) which is obtained from fermentation liquor by extensive distillation does not contain any sugar. Reason: sugar is a solid and stays back when the alcohol is distilled ( for sugar to come with alcohol as a byproduct it is has to melt first and then boil---sugar has a much higher boiling point---so no chance of sugar going with the alcohol). Isopropyl alcohol (also called rubbing alcohol) which is used in the alcohol swabs is prepared by reacting water with a hydrocarbon called propene. No contact with sugar containing materials at any time. I wonder which hospital is prohibiting you from using the clinical rubbing alcohol swabs while testing blood glucose using finger pricks.
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