3.22.2006

A Note on Hand Sanitizers

Apparently, hand sanitizers (gels, foams, etc.) need to have between 60-95% alcohol for them to be effective. If it is lower, then "washing your hands with this only serves to mobilize the bacteria by moving them around".
Read this article.

2 Comments:

Blogger Karthik said...

Klin (Manufactured by Camlin) has 62% alcohol! Dangerously Close that!!

5:35 AM  
Blogger Vaishnavi Tekumalla said...

scary stuff!

we should stick to good old lifebuoy!! :D

1:09 PM  

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