Infection Control Today - Hand Sanitizer

Medline Introduces New Sustainable Packaging for Sterillium Comfort Gel Waterless Hand Sanitizer

Medline Industries, Inc., in partnership with BODE Chemie, announce the introduction of a new sustainable package for Sterillium® Comfort Gel waterless hand sanitizer. The new package was designed with 25 percent less plastic. The new design features a lighter, thinner ...More

January 5, 2012

Posted in News, Hand Hygiene

Hand Sanitizer in Schools Helps Prevent Some Cases of Influenza

A hand and respiratory hygiene program including frequent use of alcohol-based hand sanitizer helps reduce illness caused by influenza A and missed school days in elementary school children, reports a study in the November issue of the Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. ...More

November 15, 2011

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Researchers Study Hand Sanitizers and Norovirus Risk

Alcohol-based hand sanitizers may not be the panacea for hand hygiene they were once supposed, as mounting research indicates they may not be effective substitutes for soap and water, and in some cases may actually increase the risk for outbreaks of highly contagious ...More

August 26, 2011

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Researchers Report on Patient Ingestion of Copious Amount of Alcohol Hand Sanitizer

Alcohol-based hand sanitizers are an important component of a hospital-based hand hygiene program, however, an unanticipated but potentially adverse byproduct is the intentional consumption of hand sanitizers by patients. In a letter to the editor of the Medical Journal of ...More

June 20, 2011

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Expert Studies Hand Sanitizer's Effect on Alcohol Screenings

Continued use of an alcohol-based hand sanitizer every few minutes could trigger a positive screen for alcohol use in certain types of tests, a University of Florida study confirms. However, UF researchers also discovered a potential biomarker that could allow tests to ...More

June 3, 2011

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Alcohol Handrub Use Associated with Reduction in Carbapenem-Resistant P. aeruginosa Infection

Rodrigo Pires dos Santos, MD, PhD, of the Hospital Infection Control Committee at the Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre in Porto Alegre, Brazil, and colleagues, sought to evaluate the impact of ertapenem use in Pseudomonas aeruginosa carbapenem resistance, taking into ...More

June 3, 2011

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Hand Sanitizers Carry Unproven Claims to Prevent MRSA Infections

Some hand sanitizers and antiseptic products come with claims that they can prevent methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) says these statements are unproven. "Staphylococcus aureus itself is a very aggressive ...More

April 20, 2011

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FDA Warns Companies to Stop Making MRSA Claims for OTC Products

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued four warning letters to companies that manufacture and market over-the-counter (OTC) drug products, including hand sanitizers, that claim to prevent infection from methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). Labeling ...More

April 20, 2011

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Positive Reinforcement Drives Hand Hygiene Compliance

Jeanmarie Mayer, MD, from the University of Utah School of Medicine, and colleagues, report in the January 2011 issue of Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology on their results from an interventional cohort study that used a behavioral change approach; they say it is ...More

January 2, 2011

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GOJO Industries Reacquires PURELL Brand

GOJO Industries today announced that it has purchased the PURELL® brand from Johnson & Johnson Consumer Products Company Division of Johnson & Johnson Consumer Companies, Inc. With this transaction, GOJO once again has ownership of the PURELL brand and will build on ...More

November 2, 2010

Posted in News, Hand Hygiene

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