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Select the Correct Statement Related to Peroxide's Oxidizing Properties

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Select the correct statement related to peroxide's oxidizing properties.


A) The standard medicinal peroxide solution is a weak antiseptic that contains 3 percent hydrogen peroxide in water.
B) Peroxide rapidly breaks down to molecular oxygen and water. As it oxidizes, the oxygen that is released causes it to effervesce (bubble) .
C) When peroxide is used to clean abrasions with slow blood oozing, it rapidly stops capillary bleeding. The effervescence may facilitate mechanical cleansing of debris surrounding a superficial wound.
D) All of these are correct

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