Is rubbing alcohol same as hydrogen peroxide

[Maldorf]

shouldnt cause any problems really, but alcohol is the standard for such practice. If you get an injection at the doctors they will use an alcohol prep pad. You can buy those at the grocery, kinda nice to have.

[BigTurk]

Hydrogen peroxide only kills the bacteria that can not process oxygen thus hydrogen peroxide does not kill any of the bacteria that is on your skin.

[MuscleScience]

Hydrogen peroxide only kills the bacteria that can not process oxygen thus hydrogen peroxide does not kill any of the bacteria that is on your skin.

Yes it does,

Both rubbing alcohol and hydrogen peroxide kill bacteria and both are appropriate for cleaning a site. However if you expose hydrogen peroxide to large amounts of blood or body fluid it is converted to hydrogen and water by the enzyme called catalase. In other words when you put hydrogen peroxide on your cuts and it bubbles it doesnt mean that the bacteria cells are popping it simple means that your blood is converting the H202 into the compounds as described. However if you use 90% rubbing alcohol it is not as effective as an disinfectant as 70% because there isnt enough water content to cause the alcohol to destroy the cell wall of the bacteria.