Household wipes.

[Rickydee]

I'm new to this forum and have lot's of questions.

Could we use household cleaning wipes for first-aid in a pinch?

Rick.

[siouxz72]

I'm sure we COULD, but should we? Wouldn't the chemicals in a household wipe sting?! But if you HAD too, I suppose you could

Edited November 17, 2008 by john doe
edited for language.

[Guest ceeboo]

Might sting yes, but that would be one clean and good smelling boo boo, No ???

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[Yukon_Mike]

There are "Medical Wipes" that are designed for wound cleaning.

However, "Household Wipes" may have bleach and other cleaning chemical agents in them that may cause more harm than good. Read the label and see if yours are recommended for medical purposes.

Personally I would go to my first aid kit for wound care just to be safe.

[ruthiechan]

Baby wipes would be okay to use, but Lysol wipes? Probably not.

[Puppenstein]

No way...even on the container it says not to use them that way. Just use some good soap and water in a pinch. If you have neosporin then just apply that after washing. We didn't have all the fancy first-aid items years and years ago and things were fine!

[DansRib]

May be a good reason to keep a bottle or two of Purell on the shelf ...

[hankpac]

I use antibacterial household cleaning type, to clean my hands after doing something particularly germy, like draining the holding tanks of my trailer. But I use the baby wipe type (meant for skin) for most other bodily cleaning (like face washing) this is simply a soapy preparation. However there are antibacterial "Medical" usage wipes, mostly containing Benzalkonium chloride (what used to be in Bactine)

Betadine wipes, and Phisohex are both pretty toxic (turns out after we in the medical field used them for so many years) so pretty much have to avoid those for wholesale use on skin.

[althetrainer]

Making your own is much cheaper. You can make wipes for basic cleaning; even something soft and smelly. Just prepare them and keep them in a tightly lidded plastic container.

Make Your Own Wipe Solution

[applepansy]

I'm new to this forum and have lot's of questions.

Could we use household cleaning wipes for first-aid in a pinch?

Rick.

No, the chemicals in the wipes are poison for humans.

[Hemidakota]

If there is no other resource during an emergency, then yes.

[NeuroTypical]

In my CERT training, we were taught to use anything we could lay our hands on as a dressing, as long as it was moderately clean. If you got a bone sticking out of you, better to cover the wound with a coat then leave it open to infection.

LM

[Hemidakota]

Exactly....thanks

[Madriglace]

Last year I had a parvo outbreak and used cans of the wipes that contain bleach. I bleached everything in site including me. The one dog lived in my bathroom for nearly 3 months and I had to wipe myself down before going around the other dogs. Bleach is a good thing. In a pich I would use it on a wound to keep it clean and keep contaminates out.

BTW ... the Tamiflu that they are saying works on the swine flu saved my dogs life. Turned her from deaths door over night. Good stuff!

[applepansy]

In my CERT training, we were taught to use anything we could lay our hands on as a dressing, as long as it was moderately clean. If you got a bone sticking out of you, better to cover the wound with a coat then leave it open to infection.

LM

Covering a open wound with a wipe and cleaning it out with a lysol or clorox wipe are two different things.

[applepansy]

Last year I had a parvo outbreak and used cans of the wipes that contain bleach. I bleached everything in site including me. The one dog lived in my bathroom for nearly 3 months and I had to wipe myself down before going around the other dogs. Bleach is a good thing. In a pich I would use it on a wound to keep it clean and keep contaminates out.

BTW ... the Tamiflu that they are saying works on the swine flu saved my dogs life. Turned her from deaths door over night. Good stuff!

Bleach is good for external cleaning... but not for open wounds.