FLORIDA: Hand sanitizer vs. washing - (WTXL 27)
November 6, 2007 – 7:29 pmThis story asks, wash your hands or use hand sanitizer, do they both work? Well, that depends.
Wallace Kelly, who works as an Infection Control R.N. at TMH, was quoted as saying, “They’re both effective in cleaning staph aureus, and the bacteria that are causing these staph infections.”
Kelly was further cited as saying alcohol based hand sanitizers are not effective in killing other types of bacteria like the type of bacteria from the gastro-intestinal tract, or hazards such as e-coli and salmonella, adding, “Alcohol doesn’t destroy spores, but washing your hands washes the spores down the sink.”
Kelley says what really counts: is which method you use most, because they’re both effective in protecting you. But if you can’t get to a sink you’re better off using the gel than nothing at all.
Kelley says people sanitize their hands more with the hand gel because it’s more convenient.
As for hand sanitizers being banned […]
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