When a nurse rubs your skin with rubbing alcohol prior to administering an injection, what process(es) is he carrying out? select all that apply?

The answer to this question would be:
degerming
Antisepsis

The act of rubbing alcohol is aimed to kill the bacteria and other microorganisms in the skin. This is hoped can prevent or reduce the risk of infection. Killing the germ can be called as antisepsis. The rubbing also can physically remove the germ, called degerming. 

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