Here be signs!! 
@Pilgrimsmaster
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If this happened to me, I would consider soaking it in chlorhexidine, and taking it to a local installer.
Or see if a local install place has E.O. gas. Then install also.
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Nah man. It was installed AND infected. It’s contaminated quite seriously now. My finger is worth far more than $130. Frame it on display as a lesson and buy a new one.
Now I’m thinking about 3d printing some hunting trophy style mounts for removed implants!
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Failure is always an option
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I am extremely curious on your logic. Care to explain why you feel this way?
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It’s been festering inside a pocket of bacteria. If you need to attempt to sterilize and re-inject it, risking your finger and hand, just to save $130…
You know chlorhexidine doesn’t sterilize, it just sanitizes, right?
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Technically true but the glass surface is not particularly permeable, and a proper gentle soap and water cleaning followed by a long term soak in chlorhexidine for 48 hours is sufficient against most bacteria. For added protection an prophylactic application of antibiotics with installation could cover the remaining risks quite well.
If the surface of the glass was scarred or damaged in some way I would agree, do not install. Otherwise, with proper professional preparation, it should be very low risk to reinstall after proper cleaning.
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agreed here.
This sentence doesn’t make sense to me. You either sterilize it or not. I wouldn’t attempt it, I would find a place that can Use E.O. gas to break down the proteins of the bad stuffs.
There is also no guarantee it didn’t get contaminated at the source, or during install.
For the record, I have my spark 1 sitting in a
Active ingredients Purposes
Chlorhexidine gluconate 2% w/v . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Antiseptic
Isopropyl alcohol 70% v/v . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Antiseptic
Solution. Been sitting there for weeks. I would bet my next paycheck, if you took it out, and threw it on agar. It would grow nothing. Not a thing. I just wouldn’t be able to clinically say that though as it isn’t the intended use.
Edit to say, that spark is from a failed install. I decided to let a coworker try it. She apparently watched, but didn’t listen to the video. It popped out, instead of trying to jam it in the needle with my dirty gloves and put it back in, I just put it in a micro tube with that solution. I am going to be betting my life soon it is clean enough to put in, and I trust the science behind it.
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I have an xGLO that I had installed below my right wrist. I am a metal worker so my hands take some abuse…so when I saw all the talk on this forum about the dangers, I removed it. I still have it. I would love some kind of “mount” for it that would reflect the light out of the “mount”. Maybe mirror? Just a thought.
That’s the second reason why I’m not tempted by a magnet implant at all (the first being MRIs): I’m a metalworker also, and I have a hard-enough time to remove iron filings from those of my files that have become unfortunately become magnetized. I even have a de-magnetization gizmo to remove said magnetization from my tools and I apply it religiously as soon as any of them starts attracting iron powder. I most certainly don’t want my finger to constantly attract grit without being able to do anything about it. What a nightmare!
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