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Waterless hand sanitizer
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Technique:

Four steps:
Make sure all organic matter is removed from hands.
All visible organic matter (for example: dirt) must be removed from hands prior to applying waterless hand sanitizer.
Apply a dime sized amount of waterless hand sanitizer to the palm of one hand or use a waterless hand sanitizer wipe.
Rub hands together covering all surfaces of hands and fingers.
Rub until waterless hand sanitizer is absorbed.

Alcohol-based hand sanitizers — which don't require water — are an excellent alternative to soap and water. If you choose to use a commercially prepared hand sanitizer, make sure the product contains at least 60 percent alcohol. Then follow these simple steps:
Apply enough of the product to the palm of your hand to wet your hands completely.Rub your hands together, covering all surfaces, for up to 25 seconds or until they're dry.If your hands are visibly dirty, however, wash with soap and water. Antimicrobial wipes or towelettes are another option, although they're not as effective as alcohol-based sanitizers.

From the CDC's Hand Hygiene Task Force in 2002.

Several investigators have studied transmission of infectiousagents by using different experimental models. In one study,nurses were asked to touch the groins of patients heavily colo-nized with gram-negative bacilli for 15 seconds — as thoughthey were taking a femoral pulse (25). Nurses then cleanedtheir hands by washing with plain soap and water or by usingan alcohol hand rinse. After cleaning their hands, they toucheda piece of urinary catheter material with their fingers, and thecatheter segment was cultured. The study revealed that touch-ing intact areas of moist skin of the patient transferred enoughorganisms to the nurses’ hands to result in subsequent trans-mission to catheter material, despite handwashing with plainsoap and water.The transmission of organisms from artificially contami-nated “donor” fabrics to clean “recipient” fabrics via handcontact also has been studied. Results indicated that the num-ber of organisms transmitted was greater if the donor fabric orthe hands were wet upon contact (63). Overall, only 0.06% ofthe organisms obtained from the contaminated donor fabricwere transferred to recipient fabric via hand contact. Staphylo-coccus saprophyticus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Serratia spp.were also transferred in greater numbers than was Escherichiacoli from contaminated fabric to clean fabric after hand con-tact (64).

Alcohol-based hand cleaners must be 60% alcohol or more to be effective....

"What about after you sneeze in the car, or stop to put in contact lenses?"

In all those cases, she said, alcohol-based hand sanitizers — of the correct formulation — could be a godsend, not to replace soap and water, but as an important supplement.

Dr. Aiello sees even more potential uses in the office. "Studies show that the computer keyboard, the phone receiver, and the desk are worse than the bathroom in terms of micro-organisms," she said. "Washing with plain old soap and water should be your first choice. But if you're stuck between meetings and about to grab lunch at your desk, or just use somebody else's keyboard, using a hand sanitizer before and after could be a really good idea.""

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