Alcohol Free Hand Sanitizer

Post-COVID-19, handhygiene has gained unprecedented momentum and care in order to prevent or minimize the spread of lethal infections. In this context, the need to prepare an alcohol-free hand sanitizer with antimicrobial properties is crucial in the face of pandemics when we find its high demands. Many people may not like alcohol hand sanitizer, and hence, companies have prepared various types of alcohol free hand sanitizer with different ingredients.

A new study from researchers at Brigham Young University have found that alcohol-free hand sanitizer is just as effective in disinfecting the COVID-19 virus as alcohol-based hand sanitizers. Alcohol-free hand sanitizers, they have found, are also highly effective against common cold and flu viruses in addition to other advantages such as it tends to disinfect virus quickly or neutralizes the disinfecting compounds. It has been found that an alcohol-free hand sanitizer is better for health, safety or building security concerns and it is better because the frequent use of alcohol-based hand sanitizer has caused skin irritation in many cases.

Types:

Zymo hand sanitizer, happy hands sanitizer, Tyzact-E, San-Care, mixed fruit water soluble fragrance, Bactorub Blue, Retize, BeuBerry, Chemtex Biobubble Hand coat, and clean touch are some of the alcohol free hand sanitizers.

Features of Alcohol Free Hand Sanitizer:

Following are some of the fundamental features of alcohol free hand sanitizers:

• Alcohol free hand sanitizers contain quaternary ammonium compounds called benzalkonium chloride for reducing microbes and germs. 
• They do not dry out hands.
• They have no fragrance since most of alcohol free hand sanitizers are water-based foam.
• Many alcohol-free hand sanitizers contain 0.1% concentration of Benzalkonium, while water, skin conditioner and vitamin E are used.
• Alcohol free hand sanitizers are much smoother on hands.

 Benefits of Alcohol Free Hand Sanitizer:

As against the alcohol-based hand sanitizers, alcohol free hand sanitizers are safe and non-flammable in use. It helps prevents alcohol consumption/poisoning and it does not dry skin like alcohol-based sanitizers. Studies have found alcohol free hand sanitizers tend to kill 99.99% of common germs in few seconds and there is no water needed, but we have to just rub in and let it dry. As an added benefit, at restaurants and food service locations, it is recommended to use both food and non-food areas.

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