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Sympthsical

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6. To be fair, the whole box has to go if you use it

Reply to BigmanPigman (Reply #3)

Sun Aug 28, 2022, 06:58 PM

Aug 2022

Particularly tissues. Staph likes to hang out in the nose. MRSA is dangerous, so it cannot be risked that someone touched their face/nose then touched the box.

It's the fact that the box of tissues cost up to $8 that's the trick. Eesh. Hospital clearly doesn't shop at Costco.

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