Silly question maybe, but does anyone know of hydrogen peroxide little wipes the same size as the portable alcohol wipes? Wow that was a long sentence. Am I the only clutz that gets blood on their clothes from a fingerstick or an injection when I am away from home or a change of clothes? Surely not. Your suggestions welcome.
I’ve no udea if hp is available in wipe form, but since it can bleach clothes, you won’t want to use it on dark colors.
Best way to get blood stains out is to soak overnight ( or even a couple of days) in a solution of oxyclean, laundry detergent and water. If you just rinse the blood stains with water immediately, that will help them from really setting in.
I have apparently become a slob in my old age, because I’m constantly getting stains of all sorts on my clothes. When I do laundry, I put the stained clothes in first, add a cup of the powdered oxyclean, add the laundr detergent, let the tub fill and then agitate for maybe 2 minutes. Then I shut the machine off and leave the clothes in the solution for a couple of days. Two days later, I turn the machine back on, add any clothes that didn’t need soaking, and let it run through the cycle. Just about any stains you can imagine come out.
My friends started calling me the queen of clean, lol.
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I would like to add a bit of wisdom from my Mom, soak blood stains in COLD water the colder the better. Heat sets the protein making the stain nearly impossible to remove.
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I have been a T1D for 58 years. I used to carry alcohol swabs for BG meter pricks and to prepare the site for an insulin injection. I have given those up decades ago and have yet to get an infection. I carry kleenex or equivalent and pat the site dry, pressing hard for a moment to stop any bleeding…
I will admit, though, that if I’m in a hurry and don’t verify there’s no blood, then I sometimes get a small stain. I agree with Luis3’s Mom – I use cold water and a fingernail or washcloth to rub off the blood from the fabric. I then put some handsoap on the wet washcloth and thoroughly clean the spot. All the blood comes out and it takes almost no time. Still – this is avoidable by using a kleenex at the moment of prick or injection…
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Thank you all for the replies. I appreciate all the information given.