Hand-washing works One major point the COVID-19 pandemic helped drive home is how important it is to wash your hands. Washing ...

Alcohol-based hand sanitisers, if ingested, can have toxic effects and may even be lethal. Preventable deaths from ingesting hand sanitisers have been identified. This article describes two Prevent ...

The Federal Communications Commission suggests disinfecting your phone daily, but not all cleaning methods are safe. Harsh ...

There’s nothing like a plane full of coughers, sneezers, and mouth-breathers to make you clutch your hand sanitizer a little ...

Alcohol rubs did not further irritate previously irritated skin. The authors conclude that alcohol-based hand rubs cause less irritation than hand washing, at least under test conditions.

However, there’s one hand sanitizer product that seems to contain less alcohol than advertised, per a new enforcement report from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Late last week, on June 5 ...

Hand Sanitizer Isn't As Effective At Killing Germs As You Think — Here's What You Need To Know Plenty of different types of viruses and bacteria are resistant to alcohol-based sanitizers.

Make sure it contains at least 60% alcohol. “These higher concentration sanitizers are more effective at killing germs than those with lower alcohol concentrations,” Gandhi explained. Squeeze the ...