Why is it necessary to rinse eyes for 15 minutes after getting a chemical in? Wouldn’t 1 minute be enough?
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I worked in a laboratory and by accident got sprayed right in the eyes with a jet of ethanol and the procedure was to rinse at the eyewash station for 15 minutes with saline solution.
I can tell you from experience that it burns and stings for way longer than a minute, the cooling flush of fresh non irritating liquid provides an insane amount of relief.
Even if 1 minute was enough to get it all out its like spicy food, it just lingers and you’ll be happy for the relief the time and liquid bring
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