Rubbing alcohol is used for a range of first aid and household-cleaning purposes. Its high alcohol content means it’s an excellent sanitizer, killing bacteria and viruses, and you can even use it to ...

March 22, 2010 (Atlanta, Georgia) — Rates of surgical site infection after the use of plain soap and water or an alcohol-based rub for surgical hand preparation were comparable (about 8%) in a rural ...

Contact with alcohol and other solvents tends to dry the skin. Medical personnel have a high incidence of hand dermatitis, yet they are urged to use alcohol hand rubs to prevent spread of infections ...

Healthcare worker compliance with the World Health Organization’s six steps of using hand rub to completely cover hands pales in comparison to their compliance with WHO’s Five Moments for Hand Hygiene ...

Norovirus spreads fast, hits hard, and thrives in the very places you are used to trusting a quick pump of sanitizer to keep ...

A study published in the Journal of Hospital Infection examined the effect of alcohol-based hand rub format and dose on factors affecting hand hygiene compliance. Researchers conducted sensory ...

Marsha Wallander, RN, is assistant director, accreditation services, for the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care. Q: We are in the process of changing the type of hand sanitizers at ...

In a recent study published in Emerging Infectious Diseases, researchers demonstrated the efficacy of two World Health Organization (WHO)‒recommended alcohol-based hand rub solutions to inactivate the ...