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Note: Take patient and amputated part to emergency department immediately.
You can remove splinters, larger slivers, and thorns with a needle and tweezers. Check the tweezers beforehand to be certain the ends (pickups) meet exactly. (If they do not, bend them.) Sterilize the tools with rubbing alcohol or a flame.
Clean the skin surrounding the sliver briefly with rubbing alcohol before trying to remove it. Be careful not to push the splinter in deeper. If you don’t have rubbing alcohol, use soap and water, but don’t soak the area if FB is wood (Reason: can cause swelling of the splinter).
Remove the splinter:
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