health.com — ...Called "the dirty dozen," it?s a laundry list of the germiest places you?re likely to encounter during an average day. Sure, there are outbreaks of microbes and viruses across the country, but these buggers are where you live...
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teh_techieNov 26, 2007
And this is a reference to.... don't say Simpsons, cuz you'd be wrong.
rajulkabirNov 26, 2007
I don't want to violate copyright by pasting outright, but I'll summarize:1. Everything is covered in germs.2. Therefore you should carry a giant package of antibacterial wipes around and wipe absolutely everything you see or touch.3. Then wash your hands 98 times.4. Then go home and never leave the house again.
iloveazngurlzsNov 30, 2007
thank you
marketmuseJan 1, 2008
Great article reminding us all about how easy it is to pick up germs from the places we touch most often...but terribly frustrating that the experts cited in the article seem to be out of touch, or at least behind the times when they cite the use of alcohol-based hand sanitizing gels as a means to combat pesky germs and bacteria. 1. in a 2006 report from the US Poison Control Center, alcohol-based hand sanitizers have been directly linked to upwards of 12,000 cases of child-related alcohol poisoning. 2. since that report was published, there have been at least one dozen prime time news reports profiling the dangers of alcohol-based hand sanitizers--not only the safety issues, but the side effects of alcohol based products, not the least of which is dry/irritated skin, which in turn can lead to infection. These reports also magnified a fact that few people, including "medical experts" forget to mention: alcohol products dry immediately after being applied. As soon as they dry, they stop working. 2a. Subsequent to these reports (and for the past 12 months), schools and regulated day care facilities throughout the United States have been systematically banning alcohol-based hand sanitizers. 3. These same reports (followed by dozens upon dozens of print articles) have been profiling more recent alternative alcoholl-free products that have been independently tested and proven to be equally, if not more effective in killing the wide variety of commonly transmitted pathogens. Many are QUAT-based--using benzalkonium chloride as the active ingredient.. This is proving to be particularly compelling to health care workers (infection control nurses)--as BZK has been proven to be effective against C.Difficile (vegetative state), whereas alcohol-based products have ZERO efficacy. 3a. The experts continue to simply depend on a recommendation paper that was published by a government agency more than one decade ago. One Decade. Considering the information and high tech age that we're in, 1 decade might as well be a millenium when it comes to healthcare issues, and the fact that the report specifically cautions AGAINST using alcohol hand sanitizers within a listing of environments (including schools...duh..) makes it that much more astounding that your experts unanimously cited alcohol-based gels as a preventative measure. 4. Per below---you'll notice that we're the US license for an alcohol-free hand sanitizer product. We introduced this to the US market four months ago (first launched in Canada 3 years ago) and its already been embraced by leading institutional platforms (schools, extended care facilities, corporations) and available today in more than 750 retailers---including Target and Wal-Mart will be launching into 1000 locations next quarter. Adding even more credibility to the movement away from alcohol--the country's largest drug chain will be systematically moving to alcohol-free hand sanitizers and complete this migration before Q3 2008. 5. A call to Purell with the simple question: Does Purell kill MRSA? will deliver a very interesting, if convoluted answer. If its on your hand at the time you apply it, it will--behind that it offers no protection. QUAT-based products have a typical staying power of as much as 2 hours. They're antiseptic--and frequent applications actually introduce a layer of protection---where frequent applications of alcohol-based products destroy the skin and expose the user to risk of infection.Mata Global Solutions d/b/a MGS Soapopularwww.MGSmata.com US License:www.Soapopular.comGREAT Blog: www.handhygienefacts.blogspot.com