Does hand sanitizer really work

Yes, hand sanitizers work. The alcohol content kills a lot of microorganisms, just like when someone swabs your arm with an alcohol before giving you an injection or drawing your blood. The problem, I think, is with the over use of antibact…

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I just read in a health magazine that antibacterial soap and sanitizer is actually harmful now, because it is getting rid of the good germs that fight sickness.That always happens years after a great new product comes out.

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[quote]It doesn’t matter. Within minutes, if not seconds, of washing your hands, the world fills them up with bacteria again. Everything is absolutely crawling with them, so unless you’re living in one of those sterilized bubbles, you’re wa…

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How well does hand sanitizer really work?

Q: Does it really work? Or is it just advertisement saying that it actually kills 99.9% of germs.

A: I’m a Teaching Assistant for a Microbiology course at a large University. Hand sanitizer works well as it contains alcohol which is effective in killing bacteria. It will not kill everything as there are factors involved such as where you applied your hand sanitizer, percentage of alcohol available (some may have evaporated), among others. It is effective however you are always at risk of not killing all the micro organisms from your hand, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing. Our body naturally has billions of bacteria (bugs) in it and on it. Constantly applying hand sanitizers and using antibiotics will only make bacteria more resistant to these agents as time goes on. To answer the question, yes hand sanitizer’s do work, but perhaps not as well as YOU would like (99.9% effective). Hand soaps can be rather effective if used with water and if you thoroughly rub soap on your hands for 30 seconds to 1 minute. Soaps are surfactants and cause things like lipids (which are in bacterial membranes) to clump together and rinse away.

Does Purell Hand Sanitizer Really Work?

Q: Does Purell hand sanitizer really work? I heard somewhere that it just acts like a glue and actually cements the germs to your hands. Is this true? Thanks!

A: It works fine. It’s alcohol based, so it dries pretty quickly. no gluing involved.

Does Hand Sanitizer really work in the long run?

Q: I was told that hand sanitizer kind of weakens your immune system if you use it too much. I didn’t know if that was true, and if so, how much on average would you need to use.Thank you

A: No it just removes to layer of skin and chemically destroys bacteria… harmless. it wont affect you r health