How Do I Choose the Best Cleaning Swab?

Cotton swabs, also known as swabs. Cotton swabs are small wooden sticks or plastic sticks that are slightly larger than matchsticks wrapped with a little sterilized cotton. They are mainly used in medical applications to apply potions and absorb pus and blood.

Cotton swabs, also known as swabs. Cotton swabs are small wooden sticks or plastic sticks that are slightly larger than matchsticks wrapped with a little sterilized cotton. They are mainly used in medical applications to apply potions and absorb pus and blood.

Chinese name

Cotton swab

Foreign name

Cotton Swab

Management category

Class medical device

Category Name

Dressings, wound care materials

Cotton swab classification

There are many types of cotton swabs, including dust-free wipes, clean cotton swabs, medical cotton swabs, and instant cotton swabs.

1. The dust-free wiping stick is very different from ordinary cotton swabs. The material of the dust-free wiping stick is divided into sponge head and cloth head. Both are cleaned and cleaned and packed in a clean room. Wipe consumables used in dusty environments must reach more than a hundred grades. Only wipes and wipers can meet the requirements.

2. Clean cotton swabs are the choice for precise clean wiping applications, which can eliminate pollutants and keep clean in the special environment of the production process. The content of chemical residues after wiping is low, flammable, easy to handle, and harmless to the environment. Most cleaning swabs are conductive and keep the operator and tools grounded. Applicable to class 10 purification workshops, with different packaging.

3. Medical cotton swabs are suitable for cleaning and disinfecting skin or trauma.

4. The cotton swab is applied immediately, and the hollow stick is used to store the liquid medicine, so that the cotton swab itself has liquid medicine, which is ready to use and convenient. It is suitable as an essential sanitary product for hospitals, homes, schools, hotels, and it is also very suitable for use when traveling.

Cotton swab use

1. The most common use of cotton swabs is to clean or touch the ear canal and / or remove earwax, although this is not a medically recommended method to remove earwax.

2. Cotton swabs are also often used outside the field of personal hygiene: they are often used in the construction of plastic model boxes for various applications in the decoration or painting process.

3. New usage of cotton swabs

Clean the keyboard with a cotton swab to get the cleaning solution or disinfection water, which can remove the dirt in the keyboard gap.

Cleaning the hair dryer Put cotton swabs into the hair dryer for cleaning, which can eliminate the trouble of removing and cleaning, and clean the dirt.

If you light a cotton swab with a lighter, you can use it as a candle.

Removal of puffiness of the eyes Use frozen cotton swabs to perform eye massage, which can effectively reduce the swelling and rejuvenate the eyes.

Dyed hair When you dye your hair at home, it is easy to ignore the hair roots. Use a cotton swab to dip the hair dye and apply on the hair roots.

The perfume stick is sprayed with a cotton swab with perfume, and it is carried in a fresh-keeping bag. It can be taken out and applied at any time ^[1] .

Reasonable purchase of cotton swabs

1. The vast majority of cotton swabs sold in supermarkets are not sterilized and are suitable for general cleaning tasks such as makeup. If you are dealing with a wound, it is best to use a sterile cotton swab, such as one from a hospital or from a pharmacy.

2. One of the sterile cotton swabs is wrapped in yellow paper. This cotton swab is sterilized by high temperature and high pressure. It can usually be kept for two weeks without being opened. The weather in the south is humid and the wrapping paper is susceptible to moisture. The shelf life may be shortened to about one week. The other is sterilized by ethylene oxide gas, sealed in plastic bags or boxes, and has a shelf life of about 2 to 3 years.

Notes on cotton swabs

1. After the sterile cotton swabs are used up, the outer packaging must be sealed. Once the outer packaging is opened and properly stored, it can still be kept sterile within 24 hours. After 24 hours, it will no longer be contaminated by bacteria in the air. bacteria.

2. Disinfection only kills pathogenic microorganisms, and sterilization can kill the seeds of bacteria, namely spores. Cotton swabs contain bacterial spores, and disinfectant solutions do nothing to prevent them. Even disinfectant solutions can be contaminated. Not only does it not sterilize at this time, but it may cause infection, so cotton swabs that are no longer sterile should not be used on the wound.

3. Do not place cotton swabs in the ear canal. Taking out earwax with a cotton swab may cause the earwax to fall off from the original place and pile up, making it easier to penetrate the ear canal and block the ear, which may cause pain, hearing problems, tinnitus or dizziness, and may require medical treatment if necessary. Another swab may penetrate too deeply, causing the eardrum to rupture.

Cotton swabs for further reading

[1] Chen Yan. Difficulties and countermeasures of cotton swab recycling management in preventive health department [J]. Health Today, 2015, 14 (3): 343-343.

[2] Wang Yingxi, Li Fu, Xue Luyan, etc. Three cases of application of flocking cotton swabs in case inspection [J]. Journal of Forensic Medicine, 2017, 33 (02): 219-220.

[3] Chen Qian. New uses of disinfected cotton swabs in ophthalmological examination and treatment [J]. General Practice Nursing, 2013, 11 (14): 1330.