TIL in America a prison's arm is swabbed with alcohol before a lethal injection, to prevent infection
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lethal_injection#Procedure_in_the_United_States
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lethal_injection#Procedure_in_the_United_States
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Fragarach •
If you have systems of work in place, it doesn't make sense to change them for rare situations.
Generally here though, that practice has been abandoned after studies showing the negligible value of a quick swipe with the an alcohol swab.