Road2HardCoreIron

I have never gotten one in well over 20 years. To be honest I rarely swab the injection area before my shots. Granted I do them after a shower so probably bacteria free.

Your lucky. The shower water is not sterile.

Oh I know but I work for the city and see the tests. There is very little live bacteria in it with the chlorine and other chems (why I do not drink it)

The amount of bacteria after washing with soap and water is decreased substantially with just water but with soap reduces the bacteria down to 0-4% which is negligible.

now look at alcohol swab...as much as live 20% bacteria left over. Iodine is more effective than alcohol.

You can do the research brother, I did. Scrubbing with soap and hat water is more effective at removing bacteria than swabbing with alcohol.

This all comes from sources that cite references. I did not believe it either my friend.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0196655390900868

I think most infections are not from our skin but from the top of a vial that has been punctured 10 times and you forget to wipe it. That I always do.

Never had one either and now over 25 years of use, sometimes up to 8 injections a day. I am religious though and swab the rubber stopper and the area before each injection and also swab the stopper after pulling, as there is always a little oil left over.