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Hand Sanitizer for Kids
Unfortunately, there’s a lot of ugly, nasty infections going around, and lately it has been the staph infection that our kids have been picking up at schools. In fact, we have recently donated a lot of hand sanitizer that the kids can use at school. The kids enjoy keeping their hands clean and us parents benefit from not having sick kids.
Below we have picked a lot of various hand sanitizers that you could donate to your local school:
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Hand sanitizers work by stripping away the outer layer of oil on skin. This prevents bacteria that is present in the body from coming to the surface of your hand. These bacteria that are normally present in the body are generally not the kinds of bacteria that make us sick. In a review of research, Barbara Almanza, an associate professor at Purdue University came to an interesting conclusion–she notes that research shows that hand sanitizers do not reduce the number of bacteria on the hand and in some cases may potentially increase the amount of bacteria on the hand. So the question arises, how can the manufacturers make the 99.9 percent claim?
Manufacturers of hand sanitizers test it on inanimate surfaces — and the manufacturers are able to derive the claims of 99.9 percent of bacteria killed. If the hand sanitizers were fully tested on people’s hands, there would be different results. Using surfaces with controlled variables is an easier way to obtain some type of consistency in the results. But as we are all aware, everyday life is not as consistent.
