Waterless Sanitizers Easier Than Soap On Skin

Deseret News (Salt Lake City) › November 22, 2004

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Question: I have become obsessive about washing my hands. All the news reports about the shortage of flu vaccine stress the importance of washing hands. Now they are red and rough and getting worse by the day.

My work requires that I shake a lot of hands, and I can't always get to a bathroom to wash up. How effective are waterless hand sanitizers? Won't they irritate my hands even more than liquid soap?

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Waterless Sanitizers Easier Than Soap On Skin

Answer: This might come as a surprise, but alcohol-based hand sanitizers are actually less irritating than liquid soap. They are as effective as soap and water and do n...

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