As part of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s continuing efforts to protect consumers from potentially dangerous or subpotent hand sanitizers, the agency has placed all alcohol-based hand ...

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued an "import alert" on all alcohol-based hand sanitizers from Mexico after the agency found that 84% of sampled products were not in compliance ...

February 23, 2011 (San Antonio, Texas) — Use of alcohol-based hand sanitizer (ABHS) in place of soap and water in nursing homes represents one of the greatest institutional risk factors for the spread ...

Rising hygiene awareness, institutional procurement and dispenser innovation are driving a 5.9% CAGR through 2036, with gel and bottled formats leading adoption. NEWARK, DELAWARE / ACCESS Newswire / ...

Batches of an alcohol-based hand sanitizer were recently recalled due to contamination by methanol, which is too toxic to be used for this purpose. How did the methanol get into batches of alcohol? A ...

The National Poison Data System recorded more than 70,000 cases of children ingesting hand sanitizer from 2011 to 2014, according to a recent Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report from the CDC. For ...

University of Georgia researchers have developed anew type of hand sanitizer that eliminates more than 97% of bacteria and fungi, including antibiotic-resistant strains. The new gel provides an ...

Hand sanitizers made with at least 60% alcohol help kill gems, according to the CDC. These are the top options from Purell, Touchland, Germ-X.

Winter is here, which means a barrage of pathogens is patiently waiting to make our lives miserable. Influenza, colds, and the "stomach bug" are the top three nasties likely to get you, but can you ...

Hand sanitizer has been seen as a valuable tool in hygiene and illness protection for years. During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, many people ramped up their use of hand sanitizer, with ...