A bottle of alcohol gel; one type of alcohol rub An alcohol rub, also known as a hand sanitizer or healthcare personnel hand wash is used as a supplement or alternative to hand washing with soap and water. The active ingredient in alcohol rubs may be isopropanol, ethanol, or (in Europe) propanol. A variety of preparations are available, including gels, foam and liquid solutions. Hand sanitizers containing alcohol are more effective at killing germs than soaps and do not dry out hands as much as soaps.[1] Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 461 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (1478 × 1920 pixel, file size: 173 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) A bottle of alcohol gel I, the copyright holder of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ...
Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 461 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (1478 × 1920 pixel, file size: 173 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) A bottle of alcohol gel I, the copyright holder of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ...
Schoolchildren washing their hands before eating lunch. ...
An active ingredient, also active pharmaceutical ingredient (or API), is the substance in drug that is pharmaceutically active. ...
Isopropyl alcohol or isopropanol is a common name for 2-propanol, an alcohol commonly used for application to the skin, and popularly referred to as rubbing alcohol. ...
Ethanol, also known as ethyl alcohol, drinking alcohol or grain alcohol, is a flammable, colorless, slightly toxic chemical compound, and is best known as the alcohol found in alcoholic beverages. ...
There are two isomers of propanol. ...
Uses When hands are not visibly dirty, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention considers alcohol hand sanitizers as an acceptable alternative to soap and water for hand hygiene.[2] The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia, is recognized as the leading United States agency for protecting the public health and safety of people. ...
Alcohol concentration must be above 60% for alcohol rubs to be effective in killing microbes. Researchers at East Tennessee State University found that products with alcohol concentrations as low as 40% are available in American stores. [3] The optimum alcohol concentration to kill germs is 70 to 95 %. Alcohol gels containing 62 v/v % alcohol are less effective germ killers than alcohol rubs containing at least 70 wt/wt % alcohol. [4] [5] [6] Alcohol rubs containing two different germ killers (i.e. alcohol and benzalkonium chloride) are significantly more effective than alcohol alone. [7] Most alcohol rub formulations include a moisturizer to keep hands from drying out. A cluster of Escherichia coli bacteria magnified 10,000 times. ...
East Tennessee State University (abbreviated ETSU) was founded on October 2, 1911. ...
R-phrases , , S-phrases , , RTECS number BO3150000 Except where noted otherwise, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C, 100 kPa) Infobox disclaimer and references Benzalkonium chloride (alkyl dimethyl benzyl ammonium chloride) is a mixture of alkylbenzyl dimethylammonium chlorides of various alkyl chain lengths. ...
Efficacy Alcohol rubs kill many different kinds of bacteria, including antibiotic resistant bacteria and TB bacteria. Alcohol rubs inactivate many different kinds of viruses, including the flu virus and the common cold virus. Alcohol rubs also kill fungus. Antibiotic resistance is the ability of a microorganism to withstand the effects of an antibiotic. ...
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A viricide is a chemical agent which kills viruses outside the body. ...
Genera Influenzavirus A Influenzavirus B Influenzavirus C Isavirus Thogotovirus The Orthomyxoviridae are a family of RNA viruses that includes viruses which cause influenza in vertebrates. ...
The common cold (also known as Nasopharyngitis) is a mild viral infectious disease of the nose and throat; the upper respiratory system. ...
Not all pathogens are equally susceptible. Certain bacteria, especially the spore-forming gram positives (e.g. Clostridium difficile) are relatively resistant and remain biologically viable. During the Anthrax attacks on the United States Postal Service, authorities warned that alcohol hand rubs would not kill anthrax spores. In environments with high lipids or protein waste (such as food processing), the use of alcohol hand rubs alone may not be sufficient to ensure proper hand hygiene. Binomial name Hall & OToole, 1935 Clostridium difficile or CDF/cdf (commonly mistaken , alternatively and correctly pronounced ) (also referred to as C. diff or C-diff) is a species of bacteria of the genus Clostridium which are gram-positive, anaerobic, spore-forming rods (bacillus). ...
Safety Alcohol gel can catch fire, producing a dim blue flame. This is due to the flammable alcohol in the gel. Some hand sanitizer gels may not produce this effect due to a high concentration of water or moisturizing agents. Flammable or Flammability refers to the ease at which a substance will ignite, causing fire or combustion. ...
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There have been numerous, but rare, instances where alcohol hand gels have been implicated in starting fires, including a case where static electricity ignited the gel. To minimize the risk of fire, users are instructed to rub their hands until dry, which indicates that the flammable alcohol has evaporated. [8]
It has been also noted that if ingested it can cause alcohol poisoning in small children. [9]In the US alone, there have been more than 12,000 cases of child-related alcohol-poisoning directly attributed to hand sanitizer products. [1]
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- ^ Hand Hygiene FAQ. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Retrieved on 2007-02-01.
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- ^ Hand Hygiene for Healthcare Workers. LearnWell Resources, Inc, a California nonprofit public benefit 501(c)(3) corporation. Retrieved on 2007-04-27.
- ^ Kramer, Axel; Peter Rudolph Gonter Kampf Didier Pittet (2002). "Limited efficacy of alcohol-based hand gels". Lancet 359 (April 27): 1489-1490. Retrieved on 2007-04-30.
- ^ Pietsch, Hanns (2001). "Hand Antiseptics: Rubs Versus Scrubs, Alcoholic Solutions Versus Alcoholic Gels". J. Hospital Infection 48 (Supl A): S33-S36. Retrieved on 2007-04-30.
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