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Doernbecher Children's Hospital's hand sanitizer is 61 percent alcohol, according to The Oregonian. A spokesperson for 3M, the hand sanitizer's manufacturer, told the paper the product is ...
A nurse is accused of stealing jewelry from hospital patients, in one case allegedly using hand sanitizer to remove rings from the fingers of a dementia patient, dislocating a finger, police said.
The study found that over a nearly 20-year period, strains of E. faecium became better able to withstand alcohol-based hand sanitizer, ... Hospital superbug can feed on medical plastic, ...
WASHINGTON --To fight infections, hospital workers can hit the hand sanitizer a hundred times or more a day.Now, the government wants more study of whether that is safe and how well it actually ...
A hospital relocated its hand sanitizer dispenser from the side of the lobby to in the middle of the lobby and saw use skyrocket 528 percent, according to a study published in the March issue of ...
"Hand sanitizer is actually rather potent," Dr. Damien Mitchell said in a report by Medical City Healthcare. "It's about 60 percent alcohol, or 120 proof, so it packs a punch.
An inspection report released Thursday by the Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Inspector General found instances of ...
A man who drank six bottles of alcohol-based hand sanitizer while being treated in an Australian hospital for alcoholism has sparked calls for the anti-bacterial gels to be better secured ...
Amid the pandemic, hand sanitizer has become a fixture in Americans’ daily lives, but it’s not without risk, two physicians told The Boston Globe. Overall, the near-ubiquitous nature of hand ...
Don't toss your bottle of hand sanitizer just because it doesn't kill 100% of germs. Here's how sanitizer compares to soap and when best to use it.