Alcohol-based hand sanitizers should contain at least 60% ethyl alcohol or isopropyl alcohol. These alcohols work to kill bacteria and viruses. This information comes from the Centers for Disease ...

Steffini Stalos, DO, FCAP, is a pathology and lab medicine physician. She is also the chief medical officer of the lab consultancy firm Blood Associates, LLC. Hand sanitizer expires after about 2.5 ...

The Covid-19 pandemic triggered a number of public safety measures, including social distancing, face coverings and increased sanitation. Hand sanitizer became an important component in this response ...

Hand sanitizer has become more popular than ever, in large part due to its effectiveness during the COVID-19 pandemic. Portable hand sanitizer products kill germs on your hands and other surfaces on ...

Alcohol-based hand sanitizer—the kind specifically recommended by the CDC to tackle the novel coronavirus—has become a hot commodity this year, resulting in a shortage of the alcohol used as an ...

A new study from researchers at Brigham Young University finds that alcohol-free hand sanitizer is just as effective at disinfecting surfaces from the COVID-19 virus as alcohol-based products. The BYU ...