We\u2019ve all been there. We\u2019re on an airplane and want to eat a snack, yet not allowed to get up to wash our hands. Or we\u2019re out running errands, like grocery shopping or the car wash, and we can just feel the germs on our hands. Or we\u2019re at our kid\u2019s soccer game, and they need something to wash away the remnants of a sticky treat.<\/p>\n
Will hand sanitizer do the trick?<\/p>\n
Alcohol-based hand sanitizers or gels, or antibacterial wipes, are great alternatives when you can\u2019t get to someplace with soap and water. [Link to other post on handwashing.] Use one or two squirts or pumps of the sanitizer, and then rub hands together briskly, including the front and the back, between fingers and under nails. Keep rubbing until your hands are dry.<\/p>\n
If you\u2019re using wipes intended to clean your hands, wipe all areas of your hands until they are visibly clean. Use one more wipe, and be sure to throw them out in an appropriate container. Let your hands air dry.<\/p>\n
If you keep hand sanitizer around, be sure that you\u2019re storing it safely out of reach of children. Supervise small kids if they are using it, and keep them to one pump only, which is plenty for little hands. They should not put their hands in their mouths until they are completely dry. And, remember to read the label to know exactly how much product you should use, and don\u2019t use wipes intended for cleaning countertops or other surfaces in the home to clean your hands (but you could use a baby wipe)!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
We\u2019ve all been there. We\u2019re on an airplane and want to eat a snack, yet not allowed to get up to wash our hands. Or we\u2019re out running errands, like grocery shopping or the car wash, and we can just feel the germs on our hands. Or we\u2019re at our kid\u2019s soccer game, and they need something to wash away the remnants of a sticky treat. Will hand sanitizer do the trick? Alcohol-based hand sanitizers or gels, or antibacterial wipes, are great alternatives when you can\u2019t get to someplace with soap and water. [Link to other post on handwashing.] Use one or two squirts or pumps of the sanitizer, and then rub hands together briskly, including the front and the back, between fingers and under nails. Keep rubbing until your hands are dry. If you\u2019re using wipes intended to clean your hands, wipe all areas of your hands until they are visibly clean. Use one more wipe, and be sure to throw them out in an appropriate container. Let your hands air dry. If you keep hand sanitizer around, be sure that you\u2019re storing it safely out of reach of children. Supervise small kids if they are using it, and keep them to one pump only, which is plenty for little hands. They should not put their hands in their mouths until they are completely dry. And, remember to read the label to know exactly how much product you should use, and don\u2019t use wipes intended for cleaning countertops or […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":324,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[54,760],"class_list":["post-329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health","tag-hand-sanitizer","tag-ingredient-communication","post_format-post-format-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cleaningiscaring.org\/wpd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cleaningiscaring.org\/wpd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cleaningiscaring.org\/wpd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cleaningiscaring.org\/wpd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cleaningiscaring.org\/wpd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=329"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cleaningiscaring.org\/wpd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":330,"href":"https:\/\/www.cleaningiscaring.org\/wpd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329\/revisions\/330"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cleaningiscaring.org\/wpd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cleaningiscaring.org\/wpd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cleaningiscaring.org\/wpd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cleaningiscaring.org\/wpd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}