Alcohol-based hand sanitizers should contain at least 60% ethyl alcohol or isopropyl alcohol. These alcohols work to kill bacteria and viruses. This information comes from the Centers for Disease ...

The Centres for Disease Control recommends that people use hand sanitizer when soap and water aren't available. Washing your hands is considered better for hand hygiene but a sanitizer is more ...

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People are getting sick and even dying after swallowing hand sanitizer, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday. Four died and others have suffered impaired vision or seizures ...

Using hand sanitizer to keep germs at bay amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic? You may want to avoid the products that were recently added to a federal agency’s list over concerns they have ...

Since the COVID-19 pandemic, alcoholic hand sanitizers have become widely accessible nationwide. They can pose a problem, especially for emergency departments, when alcohol-dependent patients start ...

The Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers about hand sanitizer products containing methanol, or wood alcohol. The toxic substance is often used to create fuel and antifreeze, and it can ...

CorgioMed has recalled its Leafree Instant Hand Sanitizer-Aloe Vera because, according to the label, it contains “edible alcohol.” According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, ingesting hand ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- Another hand sanitizer is under recall due to a mislabeling problem that could have health and safety consequences for children. Leafree Instant Hand Sanitizer with Aloe Vera, ...

PLACE FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR. THESE DAYS, MOST OF US HAVE HAND SANITIZER IN JUST ABOUT EVERY SPOT FROM OUR NEWSROOM, CARS, KITCHENS, BACKPACKS AND SPORT BAGS. CAN THERE BE SUCH A THING AS USING TOO ...

Steffini Stalos, DO, FCAP, is a pathology and lab medicine physician. She is also the chief medical officer of the lab consultancy firm Blood Associates, LLC. Hand sanitizer expires after about 2.5 ...