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Does rubbing alcohol actually kill germs on surfaces?

Anopsology
in Biology

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I always use it to wipe down my phone screen, computer keyboard, gym headphones, sometimes my counter top. etc.

but I never really knew if it actually did anything lol

I do this because my mom used to. She used to always wipe things down with 70 percent isopropyl alcohol because she said it killed germs or removed bacteria

Yes, it's an active ingredient in hand wipes. The water actually improves it's efficacy in denaturing the bacterial membranes as well.

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