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Old Mar 28, 2014 | 1:33 pm
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Originally Posted by iluv2fly
At Pre-Check, they do random hand swabbing frequently. (I have had it four out of the last six times).

What I do is wipe off my hands with alcohol before I leave for the airport. I was told to do that by a TSA supervisor.
Would one of the alcohol based hand sanitizers work as well? Or do they have some of the organic compounds like lotion that would trigger a false positive.
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