The COVID-19 pandemic reshaped public health practices, bringing hand sanitizer into the spotlight as an essential tool for germ protection. While its use skyrocketed, with children applying it up to ...

Hand sanitizer turned into a pocket-sized security blanket over the past few years, but it was never designed to solve every mess you get on your hands. When you are dealing with grease, grime, ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Hand sanitizer doesn’t work against all pathogens. The product isn’t as effective as proper hand washing.

'Smart' hand sanitizers that can provide data on workplace hand hygiene are being trialed across the country, as part of research by the Universities of Sheffield and Leeds into how best to engage ...

Norovirus spreads fast, hits hard, and thrives in the very places you are used to trusting a quick pump of sanitizer to keep ...

Alcohol, 60% concentration. That’s what your hand sanitizer needs to reliably kill the SARS-CoV-2 virus, according to the CDC. But new research out of BYU, published in the Journal of Hospital ...

Q: When is it OK to wash hands with soap and water and when is it OK to use alcohol-based hand sanitizer? A: “Hand hygiene” refers to a general term that applies to handwashing, antiseptic handwash, ...

Marsha Wallander, RN, is assistant director, accreditation services, for the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care. Q: Is it acceptable for healthcare workers to use non-alcohol hand ...

Right, so it is kind of an obvious rule of thumb at this point during a global pandemic that hand sanitizer is absolutely essential. But the trick to hand sanitizer working is that you actually have ...

(CNN) -- The US Food and Drug Administration has expanded its warning about hand sanitizers to avoid, with the list now topping 100. The agency first warned consumers in June about hand sanitizers ...

During the midst of the coronavirus pandemic — and especially towards the beginning — there was a huge run on hand sanitizers as people sought to maintain proper hand hygiene as to lower their chances ...

The Hand Sanitizer Trick We Wish We'd Known About Sooner originally appeared on Parade. It’s happened to all of us at least once: You left the house without applying deodorant. The frustration once ...