Make no mistake about it: Good hand hygiene is crucial to curtailing the spread of bacteria and viruses, such as coronavirus. "This can include hand washing with soap and water, antiseptic hand washes ...

The COVID-19 pandemic reshaped public health practices, bringing hand sanitizer into the spotlight as an essential tool for germ protection. While its use skyrocketed, with children applying it up to ...

Alcohol-based hand sanitizers are one of the recommended control measures to help to reduce coronavirus infection, along with social distancing and the wearing if masks. However, excessive use of a ...

Q: My family has been using a lot of hand sanitizer during the pandemic. Is there anything harmful in it? A: Washing hands with soap and clean water for at least 20 seconds is the best way for ...

When choosing a safe and effective hand sanitizer, health experts say it is important to pick one that is "predominately" alcohol-based with few other additives. "It should contain at least 60% ...

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

Alcohol, 60% concentration. That’s what your hand sanitizer needs to reliably kill the SARS-CoV-2 virus, according to the CDC. But new research out of BYU, published in the Journal of Hospital ...

As the norovirus outbreak continues to spread in the U.S., you can't rely on hand sanitizer alone to protect you. Norovirus, also sometimes called the "winter vomiting disease," causes ...

For months, the Food and Drug Administration has been urging U.S. consumers to avoid a growing list of hand sanitizers that may contain toxic substances. Now the agency is warning of another problem: ...

Benzalkonium chloride hand sanitizer is more effective than ethanol-based hand sanitizer, according to research published in the American Journal of Infection Control. The efficacy of benzalkonium ...

When wellness brands go into the creation of hand sanitizers, what you get are new essentials that keep you safe while nourishing body, mind and soul. At the start of the outbreak, the main concern ...

A travel-sized hand sanitizer is a great way to protect yourself from germs on the golf course. Many companies have stepped up to produce hand sanitizers that not only are effective on eliminating ...