Almost every one of us at least once in his life disinfected the resulting wound surface with ordinary vodka.. How effective is the use of vodka in this case, doctors said.

As it turned out, the low content of alcohol in vodka, whiskey and moonshine cannot be an effective enough remedy for disinfecting wounds, abrasions and cuts..

For disinfection in healthcare facilities, special disinfectants are used, or alcohol, the strength of which is at least 70 degrees. This is the percentage of alcohol that can kill bacteria.

The use of vodka and other strong alcoholic beverages is permissible only if there were no other medical products at hand: iodine and brilliant green.

In addition, according to the candidate of medical sciences, surgeon Fyodor Shpachenko: “Strong liquor in an emergency is still better than ordinary water - after all, they, at least, do not contain bacteria. And vodka will help clean the wound and not bring new microorganisms there..

medical-heal. en.