y the doctor dips the thermometer in a liquid b4 use??????????

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y the doctor dips the thermometer in a liquid b4 use??????????

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2007-06-09 20:20:15 · 4 answers · asked by jalaj 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science

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It is an antiseptic solution to prevent the bacteria from the previous patient to affect the present one. After use, the doctor / nurse replaces the thermometer in that same liquid.

2007-06-09 20:33:10 · answer #1 · answered by Swamy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋

this liquid is savlon or antibactericidal solution 2 kill bacteria and germes and not 2 transfere infections from one 2 another when testing his fever.

2007-06-10 03:31:05 · answer #2 · answered by momo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋

The liquid sterilises (kills bacteria) the needle. This prevents the needle from infecting anybody injected with it.

2007-06-10 03:26:43 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋

he is sterilizing it.

2007-06-10 15:18:06 · answer #4 · answered by johnandeileen2000 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋