Importance of Hand Sanitizer
Hand Hygiene is one of the most important hygiene
practices. And a hand sanitizer plays an important role in hands hygiene. It
involves not only washing your hands with hand wash but also sanitize your
hands with an appropriate proportion of alcohol-based hand sanitizer.
Many healthcare centers recommend cleaning hands in
a specific way to avoid getting sick and spreading germs to others.
Only washing your hands will not kill
invisible germs, bacteria, and viruses. Sanitize them with alcohol-based hand
sanitizer after washing hands. They are so much useful when water is
not available.
Many healthcare studies have found that
sanitizers with an alcohol concentration between 60–95% are more effective at
killing germs than those with a lower alcohol concentration or
non-alcohol-based hand sanitizers. Non-alcohol-based hand sanitizers may
not work equally well for all classes of germs, bacteria, and viruses. The
alcohol-free hand sanitizers merely reduce the growth of germs rather than kill
them outright whereas alcohol-based hand sanitizer kills germs and bacteria
completely. Alcohol-free hand sanitizer causes more skin irritation as compared
to alcohol-based hand sanitizer.
Cleaning your hands well and often is
the most important personal hygiene practice that prevents germs from leading
to infections and sickness. However, cleaning your hands in proper ways is
essential in today’s polluted atmosphere.
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