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A tiny thin piece of wood or metal which gets under the skin and can be irritating and cause infection.<\/p>\n

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Sharply pointed fragments that enter the skin. Most splinters can be removed with tweezers and a needle. To avoid infection, instruments must first be sterilized by cleaning them in rubbing alcohol. Deeply embedded splinters require removal by a physician. A splinter in an eye should not be removed by anyone other than a physician. Instead, both eyes should be covered loosely and the person with the injury should be taken to an ophthalmologist or hospital emergency department.<\/p>\n

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