My instructor tells me that hand sanitizer kills only the good bacteria and small to medium risk bacteria. The 'bad' bacteria isn't killed by it (staph). The problem is that the bad bacteria actually multiply much more than they did before and you end up with more of the disease causing organisms on you.
Is this true?
2007-10-22 20:22:51 · 11 answers · asked by Jonathan 3 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Other - General Health Care
I think they are good but I heard that the ones you buy you know I can not say the name, it is not that good so I heard. Now you have me worried!
Would you please, please, pretty please check this idiot out!!!
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2007-10-22 20:27:33 · answer #1 · answered by ♂♥♀ & ♀♥♂ ∞! Love Oh Love ! ♫♥♪ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hand sanitizer generally works well, generally killing most bacteria and harmful viruses. If this wasn't the case they wouldn't be using it in hospitals, schools and daycare centres. The effectiveness of the sanitizer also depends on the soil on your hands - dirt, food etc. can make the alcohol less effective. Generally it is advised for normal soap and water to be used, except in certain situations such as; close physical contact to people with high risk of infection, direct physical contact with someone with infection and work places where diseases are commonly transmitted.
Hope this helped!
2007-10-22 20:32:56 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would say no. Hand sanitizer can be 70 alcohol and I don't know of any bacteria that will live in that environment. Surely not Staph. Maybe if you are not thorough then it is possible that certain strains of bacteria are more resistant to killing/removal from the skin.
2007-10-22 20:29:14 · answer #3 · answered by ADubya 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He is correct! Don't rely on them. It will only kill surface germs. It does not cut dirt, grease, blood, bacteria or any diseases on your hands! People are not reading the reports!
Nothing is effective as soap and water,
In fact alcoholics are not suppose to use them either.
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol12no03/05-0955.htm
Some products marketed to the public as antimicrobial hand sanitizers are not effective in reducing bacterial counts on hands. In the course of a classroom demonstration of the comparative efficacy of hospital-grade antimicrobial soap and alcohol-based sanitizers, a product with 40% ethanol as the active ingredient was purchased at a retail discount store. Despite a label claim of reducing "germs and harmful bacteria" by 99.9%, we observed an apparent increase in the concentration of bacteria in handprints impressed on agar plates after cleansing. None of the other hand cleaners showed such an effect.
2007-10-22 20:38:43 · answer #4 · answered by char__c is a good cooker 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I suspect it is no better than ordinary soap and water. Hand sanitizer contains chemicals such as alcohol which can irritate or dry your skin. After you get your hands sterilized, what are you going to do? Not touch anything? Watch "The Aviator," a movie about Howard Hughes, who had an obsessive compulsive disorder about hand cleanliness, which drove him to extremely bizarre behavior. We have immune systems which can deal with ordinary germs.
2007-10-22 20:28:01 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
hand sanitizer kills all germs. My best friend uses it all the time, and guess what? She's sick all the time. Your body becomes used to having little bacteria contact, and when you breathe in the smallest thing, you get sick. There is such a think as being too careful. Use it after you touch really icky things like shopping carts, but not after you do daily things.
2007-10-22 20:27:31 · answer #6 · answered by Heather 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i wouldnt use that stuff unless you dont have access to water and/or soap and you just touched something really icky. it kills all bacteria good and bad. the problem is that what little bit- like .01% that it doesnt kill will become immune to it and those could multiply into something that will make you sick and not be killed by antibiotics. its ok to use, but not all the time. and not for babies with developing immune systems either.
2007-10-22 20:27:46 · answer #7 · answered by kelly n 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It must be i guess..best way is to wash your hands..you dont wanna catch that SUPER BUG stuff going around!
2007-10-22 20:25:32 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I am addicted to it... :)
I use it all the time,With so many diseases and viruses out there, I am forever using it.
2007-10-22 20:29:21 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think its just as good as soap otherwise hospitals wouldn't use it.
2007-10-22 20:25:18 · answer #10 · answered by Death Girl Am 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋