Bandage on ointment on Shabbat.
Question
Is it permitted to apply a bandage with ointment on Shabbat?
Answer
Shalom u-vracha.
In a case where it is permitted to use ointment on Shabbat and there is no issue of the prohibition of medication on Shabbat [for example, due to concern of infection, or an eye inflammation, etc.], it is permitted to apply ointment and place a bandage over it, provided that one does not smooth out the surface of the ointment on Shabbat.
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Smicha "Yoreh-Yoreh" (2012), Rav Amram Fried's Beit Horaah
Orach Chaim, Yoreh Deah
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