Alcohol-based hand sanitizers effectively kill viruses and bacteria on your hands at the time of use but *can’t* protect against what’s on your hands an hour later
Photo: Nancy Louie/Getty Images Purell is great for taking out of your handbag at the end of dinner to demonstrate your commitment to personal hygiene and remove any remaining particles of sauce, but according to the Food and Drug Administration, it’s no miracle substance.
The FDA letter says that the agency “is currently not aware of any adequate and well-controlled studies demonstrating that killing or decreasing the number of bacteria or viruses on the skin by a certain magnitude produce a corresponding clinical reduction in infection or disease caused by such bacteria or virus.
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