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You really don't. It can be to sterilize things but honestly, it's just to give panicky bystanders something to do. They feel like they are doing something useful and are therefore not in the way. Notice the task is always given to the nervous person (father, most likely).

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There really is no other reason than to give the father (or other fretting participants) something to do. It is a device to get them out of the room to minimize stress.

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