Thread: wife: used razors bring infection

Originally Posted by slt5103

Also, there is such a thing as Barber-cide. You can also just soak them in rubbing alcohol or hydrogen-perioxide (or both) and they'll be sterile enough to perform surgery with. I wouldn't recommend the performing surgery, but shaving with them is a good idea :-)!

Not sterile enough for surgery. I was a certified central service tech for quite a few years. We would either use an ethylene oxide gas or autoclave to sterilize surgical instruments. These are two of the ways you can guarantee killing all pathological microorganisms. Spores are the hardest to kill. All surgical instruments are completely, I do mean completely, cleaned before any sterilization can be done. Some of them do get quite messy.

Has anyone taken the scales off then had the blade autoclaved to sterilize it?

Originally Posted by Bart

Does she throw away all forks, spoons and knives whenever you have had people over for a meal?
They put these things in their mouths... Yuck...


Bart.

What he said. Btw, my wife doesn't mind at all. She is just glad I shave. And she's a supervisor in a microbiology lab. She knows what is safe and what isn't. If a razor is sterilized and cleaned properly, it is ok.

That said, most of my razors are restored by me. So after hours and hours of sanding, polishing and creating a fresh bevel... anything that was there is dead.

Originally Posted by keenedge

Redirect her concern by buying used underwear from a thrift store.

man that's funny

Originally Posted by New2CutThroats

1) Barbicide. Not to mention you hit all the salient points already when it comes to the survivability of these viruses/infectious molecules. But Barbicide should take care of residual.......paranoia. *ahem* (hey, I have barbicide to take care of mine) Just keep presenting her with the facts. She's just concerned based on misinformation; she obviously loves and just wants the best for you, but just keep giving her facts. Some people just get misinformation, and when they get the truth, they ease up.

I agree about the paranoia, but bringing up Barbicide with the wifey probably won't work since she'll throw it back as saying that it's not tuberculocidal so it can't be a hospital grade disinfectant.

heck, I could tell her I'll take all new blades to the dental office I work and autoclave them, or use Gluteraldehyde cold sterile...

Originally Posted by Boker

Not sterile enough for surgery. I was a certified central service tech for quite a few years. We would either use an ethylene oxide gas or autoclave to sterilize surgical instruments. These are two of the ways you can guarantee killing all pathological microorganisms. Spores are the hardest to kill. All surgical instruments are completely, I do mean completely, cleaned before any sterilization can be done. Some of them do get quite messy.

Has anyone taken the scales off then had the blade autoclaved to sterilize it?

Never did.

For the sake of the argument: if you cut yourself completely open, and then forcefully shove the scales inside the wound, then you might indeed get infected, assuming that any dangerous pathogens survived years or decades in an environment that is as bad as it get for microbiological agents.

Spores don't die, but they was off. Now, of course, suppose your scales were tainted with anthrax spores, and you cut yourself, and forcefully insert the scales under your skin. Then it could get tricky.

Originally Posted by radaddict

Tell her that you wear a condom whenever you shave.

lol...comedy.

Originally Posted by radaddict
Tell her that you wear a condom whenever you shave.

Originally Posted by red96ta

lol...comedy.

I gotta second or third this one - that is hysterical

andy

Originally Posted by Bruno

So after hours and hours of sanding, polishing and creating a fresh bevel... anything that was there is dead.

This doesn't actually kill them. It removes the surface to which they were attached. They are actually GONE along with all the material that was removed.

She's actually right.





Once you buy a used razor, next thing you know you've been infected with RAD, and spend tons of time browsing Ebay, Cassified, antique stores.....

ah ha! I knew there was a logical reason for this....

Originally Posted by Seraphim

She's actually right.





Once you buy a used razor, next thing you know you've been infected with RAD, and spend tons of time browsing Ebay, Cassified, antique stores.....