# Chemistry question

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [April 13, 2018, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chemistry-question/812365 "2018-04-13T20:58:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![sara20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e79b87/32.png) [@sara20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sara20)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2018, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chemistry-question/812365/1 "2018-04-13T20:58:25Z")

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Sometime I get minor infections in my finger tips that go away the next day if I soak them, in warm water and salt and then water and betadine (povidone-iodine), to save time I would like to just combine it all in to one soak, but will there be any chemical reaction if I combine the povidone-iodine, salt and water together?

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**Author:** ![USCDiver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uscdiver/32/354_2.png) [@USCDiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/USCDiver)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2018, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chemistry-question/812365/2 "2018-04-13T21:53:31Z")

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Nope, we do betadine-saline soaks on hands all the time in the ER.