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 ...

Washing your hands is an essential way to slow the spread of the coronavirus and other pathogens; however, frequent handwashing can cause dry skin that could flake, itch, crack and even bleed without ...

Hand sanitizer is a valuable tool that can reduce many germs quickly, but it does not physically remove dirt and debris the ...

An easy DIY hand sanitizer for your whole family. Made with just two ingredients, this homemade hand sanitizer is ready to use in just two minutes. The world is gross. Even if we set aside the threats ...

A new study has found that when it comes to killing germs nothing can replace good old-fashioned hand washing. Hand sanitizer has become more and more popular over the years, but the study shows that ...

Washing hands and using hand sanitizer have been some of the most important methods to combat spread of infection during the COVID-19 pandemic. Reports of increased hand irritation and dryness ...

It is Global Handwashing Awareness Day, a reminder that while many think they know how to wash their hands, there is some important nuance to it. Local 4 Dr. Frank McGeorge explains the difference ...

Healthcare workers can follow all of the World Health Organization’s recommended hand hygiene steps for using alcohol-based hand rub, but still make mistakes and miss some areas of their hands, ...

Raise your hand if you're lucky enough to own a bottle of hand sanitizer. Just one problem: There's a good chance that hand is dry and cracked. Hand sanitizers come with certain side effects that can ...

The use of hand sanitizing gels and increased hand-washing practices throughout the COVID-19 pandemic has had a negative impact on the environment and—by extension—public health. In the first study of ...

In the current climate, having an alcohol-based hand sanitizer readily available is more crucial than ever. We all know that washing our hands with soap and water is the gold standard, but it's not ...

Almost everywhere you go these days, from shops to restaurants to schools and doctors’ offices, there is a dispenser of hand sanitizer standing sentry, a reminder that clean hands play an essential ...