How to clean the connectors on internal hard drive for oil?

Hi
I've a 2008 Mac Pro 3.0GHz with 4 internal hard drives...while putting in the newest internal 1 TB hard drive, the guy who did this pointed to the brass/copper connector bit on the hard drive, the part that slots into the motherboard connector in a Mac Pro, and he was touching, briefly, the connector with his finger...should I pull that hard drive back out and try to clean off the connector because of oil? Also the connector part (seat) inside the Mac where the HD slots into? How and with what?
Thanks
K

Cleaning those things would require tools so delicate probably only a computer could manage it right. Don't worry about it, or take care of it right away by getting a new drive. I've pulled hard drives out of their socket only to have one of the pins permanently bend out of shape, and become unreadable. I've also had one that was repaired by a person with a soldering iron. I dare not remove it from its case after that event!

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