On Wednesday 26 May 2004 19:04, Automatic digest processor wrote:
> I can't help but wonder how many germs will be harbored in all the
> skin cracks that develop from the use of such products?  Many years
> ago, when in OT training, we had to use such a cleaner when seeing
> isolation patients.  I would go home at night with cracked, bleeding
> hands so bad that I had to sleep with gloves on after lathering my
> hands with lotion to try to get them healed enough to face the next
> day!

It's possible that the formulation of the alcohol hand gels/foams might
have been different several years ago than they are now.  I find that I
actually have LESS hand irritation using the gels/foams for part of my
hand hygiene than I did when I was using exclusively soap and water.  I
wash my hands dozens of times at work during the course of a day.  The
current literature is showing that the gels/foams are effective for
sanitizing as well as kind on the skin.

--
-Elisa H. Casey, RN MSN
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