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Why do doctors rub your skin with rubbing alcohol before they give you a shot?
to prevent infection
Why do doctors prescibe antibiotics for viral infections when antibiotics are supposed to be for bacterial infections?
Sometimes doctors will prescribe them to either prevent or treat a secondary infection. Some examples are lung or ear infections that may develop as a result of an initial viral infection.
Why doctors and nurses clean their hands so often?
They clean their hands so often to prevent infection and cross contamination between patients.
Do doctors have surgery on you when you have a miscarriage?
Sometimes when the miscarriage isn't complete they will do a D&C to remove any tissue remaining and prevent / stop heavy bleeding or infection.
How is scarlet fever treated by doctors?
the patient should receive antibiotic treatment to reduce the severity of symptoms, prevent complications, and avoid spreading the infection to others.
Why couldn't the doctors save president James A. Garfield when he was assassinated?
Medical science was not enough advanced in 1880 . The doctors did not have scanners to help locate bullets in the wound. They did not know how to prevent infections and they did not have anti-biotics available for treatment of infection.
What element is used in paint to prevent skin infection?
What element is used in paint the skin to prevent infection
What element is used in paint the skin to prevent infection?
What element is used in paint the skin to prevent infection
How are fevers helpful?
For Doctors they are an indication of an infection.
What does iodine prevent?
infection
How do you prevent infection and cross infection?
By Taking a medicine from the doctor.
How is frostbite treated by doctors?
In addition to the necessary rewarming and debridement described above, a tetanus shot and antibiotics may be used to prevent infection. The patient is given ibuprofen to combat inflammation.
