Healthcare workers can follow all of the World Health Organization’s recommended hand hygiene steps for using alcohol-based hand rub, but still make mistakes and miss some areas of their hands, ...

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The overall effectiveness of alcohol-based hand rubs may be more influenced by the products’ formulations than their alcohol content, according to a study in the American Journal of Infection Control.

More than 200 healthcare workers in a study reported excellent or good skin tolerance after using alcohol-based hand rubs in 73 percent of cases, according to research published in the American ...