Re: Hand sanitizer & antibacterial hand wipes

[Guest guest]

Traci's doctor swears by the antibacterial hand sanitizers with alcohol.

Even

more than the antibacterial soap. They are known to carry PA.

[Guest guest]

Traci's doctor swears by the antibacterial hand sanitizers with alcohol.

Even

more than the antibacterial soap. They are known to carry PA.

[Guest guest]

Traci's doctor swears by the antibacterial hand sanitizers with alcohol.

Even

more than the antibacterial soap. They are known to carry PA.

[Guest guest]

I buy hand lotion's with antibacterial in it...plus smells nice...

[Guest guest]

purell and

www.purell.com

microsan are two brands

http://www.globalbio.com/Msan.htm

http://www.nixalite.com/micanti.htm

http://mpdirect.com/products/microsan/microsan.html

Re: Hand sanitizer & antibacterial hand wipes

> Hi,

>

> from some recent messages about the use of antibacterial soap I guess

> that some don't remember the article anymore, that started the whole

> discussion. So here it is again.

>

> If someone who uses an alcohol gel could verify that PA is explicit

> mentioned as a bug that will be killed through the gel, that would be

> much appreciated. Or at least give us a brand and a homepage so that

> we can ask the company.

>

> Peace

> Torsten

>

>

> Hospitals Abandoning Soap and Water

>

> By DANIEL Q. HANEY, AP Medical Editor

> Sun Sep 29, 2:19 AM ET

>

> SAN DIEGO - Soap and water may be all washed up. Many hospitals

> are switching to quick-drying alcohol gels to keep hands clean

> as evidence builds they stop dangerous germs faster and better.

>

> The spread of microbes in hospitals is a huge health problem,

> making sick people sicker and resulting in an estimated 20,000

> deaths in the United States each year. One of the chief ways

> germs spread is on the hands of nurses, doctors, technicians and

> others who move from patient to patient.

>

> While hospital workers are routinely urged to wash up between

> patients, a thorough job can take a full minute, results in dry

> skin and is often skipped to save time, especially in hectic

> intensive care wards where the risk can be greatest.

>

> The latest research, presented Saturday at a meeting of the

> American Society for Microbiology, suggests the alcohol-based

> rinses are surprisingly effective at cutting hospital germs,

> since they are much quicker, require no water or sink and kill

> more microbes.

>

> " You go up to a dispenser, go " click! " and it's there. The time

> saving is amazing. It's something people actually do use rather

> than walking by the sink, " said Dr. Barbara Murray of the

> University of Texas at Houston.

>

> Over the past two years, some hospitals have installed alcohol

> gel dispensers beside every bed, and many more are planning to

> switch. New guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and

> Prevention, to be released later this fall, are expected to

> recommend hospitals use the alcohol gels exclusively except when

> workers hands are visibly soiled.

>

> " This will represent a revolution in hand hygiene, " said nurse

> Elaine Larson, associate dean for research at Columbia

> University. " No longer is the best way to clean your hands

> washing them. Can you imagine telling surgeons you no longer

> need to scrub? This is news, and it's very exciting. "

>

> The alcohol rinses, available as foam, gel or lotion, are simple

> to use: Pour a dime-size blob on one palm, then rub the hands

> together until it dries, which takes about 15 seconds. The

> solutions also contain moisturizers, so they do not dry the

> skin. Identical products are available in grocery stores.

>

> " One of the real barriers to hand hygiene is how busy health

> care workers are, " said Dr. Hooper of Massachusetts

> General Hospital. " The ability to very rapidly kill bacteria on

> your hands is a great advantage. "

>

> Researchers at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in

> Washington D.C. measured the effects of switching to the alcohol

> rinses two years ago. Dispensers were put in all patient rooms

> and outpatient clinics.

>

> New cases of drug-resistant staph infections decreased 21

> percent, while resistant enterococcus dropped 43 percent. Both

> of these are serious, hospital-acquired infections.

>

> Among the first to study the gel's advantages was Dr. Didier

> Pittet of the University of Geneva Hospitals in Switzerland.

> Four years of use there cut hospital-spread infections in half.

>

> Some hospitals have been reluctant to adopt the new cleaners

> because they cost more than soap. However, a new analysis by

> Pittet suggests they actually save money because they reduce

> infections, which are expensive to treat.

>

> At his hospital, he found the gels cost an extra $1.62 for each

> patient admitted, or $82,000 per year. But between 1999 and

> 2001, they save more than $12 million in treatment costs.

>

> Many brands are available. The solutions contain between 60

> percent and 90 percent alcohol and are thought to be equally

> effective in killing viruses and bacteria. They are also being

> tested in school bathrooms and child care centers, among other places.

>

> Larson said she does not recommend replacing ordinary soap in

> the home. However, the alcohol rubs could be helpful if people

> are traveling and cannot wash, have sick children or care for

> people with weakened immune systems.

> ___

>

> EDITOR'S NOTE: Medical Editor Q. Haney is a special

> correspondent for The Associated Press.

>

>

>

>

> > > Traci's doctor swears by the antibacterial hand sanitizers

> > with alcohol. Even

> > > more than the antibacterial soap. They are known to carry PA.

>

>

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