Everything you wanted to know about hand sanitizers 25 Articles

by C Q

Using hand sanitizers and cleaning with soap and water are two entirely different processes, ideally used in conjunction with - not instead of - each other. Think of it like cleaning and disinfecting your kitchen bench. ...read more

by EMSalem

Hand sanitizers are inferior to soap and water for ridding your hands of influenza and gastrointestinal bacteria, but are far better than not washing at all. In a recently released study reported by a Californian news grou...read more

by Michelle Carchrae

What exactly are hand sanitizers, and who needs to use them anyway? Most people know that bacteria on surfaces such as shopping carts, public telephones and shared keyboards can cause us to get sick. Hand sanitizers help...read more

by Brent Mckibben

Everything you wanted to know about hand sanitizers What's to know about hand sanitizers? It is approved by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as a method to cleanse our hands. But what is this mysterious...read more

by Jennifer Eblin

The invention of hand sanitizers was one of the best things to happen in personal hygiene in the last decade. It makes it easier to clean our hands, its portable, and it works the same way as soap and water. But, is it rea...read more

by Tah Njokom

Hand sanitizers may be less effective and more hazardous than you think. Over 70 percent of all hand sanitizers use salicylic acid as their active ingredient. This tends to dry off the skin and contaminate it with highly t...read more

by Sandra Petersen

If you have been in a hospital or doctor's office lately you have likely seen a hand sanitizing gel dispenser somewhere. Hand sanitizing gel has become a staple item in day care centers, schools, and medical centers. Child...read more

by Denny Phillips

We see them all the timeat the entrance to nursing homes and hospitals, in public washrooms, at schools and day care centers. Hand sanitizers are the next best thing to proper hand-washing when there is no access to soap ...read more

by David Hon

Hand sanitizers are portable alternatives to disinfect any germ-ridden part of a person's body. These alcohol-based sanitizers have their benefits, conveniences, and definitely their negative points. According to the Urb...read more

by Nandita Bose

We all know about the importance of good hand hygiene in reducing harmful microorganisms on the skin, and hence a reduction in infection risks. But what do we do when there is no access to hand washing facilities or not en...read more

by Lisa Poole

You're on a long car trip with no rest area in sight. The baby's diaper had to be changed and now your hands feel icky. What do you do? Reach for the hand sanitizer. In this sort of situation, hand sanitizer is ideal...read more

by Mary Respecki

Good hand washing is one of the most efficient ways to eliminate disease outbreaks among the hands. Hand washing removes or destroys micro-organisms on the hands. Proper hand washing includes washing the hands with soap...read more

by jf

Hand sanitizers are a useful workforce safety addition. While the use of regular soap to wash one's hands suffices usually to sanitize the skin,in workforce situations the five minute rinse usually prevails. A hand sa...read more

by Robert Bluck

Whatever happened to just plain soap? There are more chooses in the supermarket for soaps than I can handle, oops did I say soap, I mean hand sanitizers. I spend an hour in that section trying to find out what cleans my ...read more

by Jearline Tippins

What are hand sanitizers? The are new products that usually have a high alcohol content because that is the ingredient that is supposed to cleanse the area quickly. Remember every time you get a shot how the nurse wipes ...read more

by Kendall Smith

Image a World that is touchable. That is what one hand sanitizer manufacturer wants you to do when you use their product. Wouldn't it be wonderful if we didn't have to worry about the spread of germs or viruses? Most ...read more

by Barbara Haskell

Hand sanitizers, great to use after our kids have eaten something sticky at the zoo or on an automobile trip with the family. What a great invention! Clean hands, germs gone! Or are they? Manufacturer's claim that sanit...read more

by Demitrius Jones

It's cold and flu season and there are hand sanitizers on display racks all over your favorite local store. But are they safe and effective? And if so should they replace soaps and the way we view hand washing? Here ar...read more

by StuffYerFace

I could KISS the inventor of hand sanitizer. A good water-less solution to almost any sticky situation, hand sanitizer is a great pit stop on the way to soap and water hand washing. Because let's be clear about one thing-...read more

by Shana Baxter

In our busy lives time is an issue. Proper hand washing takes time. Hand sanitizers can lessen the amount of time spent on hand washing but will increase the time spent putting on hand lotion to prevent dry chapped hands...read more