Hand sanitizers are safe when made and used properly, experts say after several recalls

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Hand sanitizers have come under scrutiny lately with more than 50 brands now recalled by Health Canada

Colin Furness, an epidemiologist with the University of Toronto who specializes in hand hygiene, says hand sanitizers are still safe and effective, when made and used properly.

Health Canada has a growing list of hand sanitizers that have been recalled recently. The most updated version, released Wednesday, included 51 different brands containing certain types of alcohol that are “not acceptable for use in hand sanitizers.” These concerns do become more important for health-care workers using the products “well over 100 times per day,” rather than an average person working from home and sanitizing their hands once or twice while running errands, Grindrod said.

“They’re not dangerous but they’re ineffective,” Furness said. “And that’s a different kind of risk, thinking that your hands are disinfected when they’re not.” Furness added that the right balance is tricky to find with home-made solutions, and if the alcohol in them evaporates too quickly, it won’t have time to kill germs.

 

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Pro Tip 1: Don't drink hand sanitizer.

There is a WAR going on people— CCP is infiltrating Canada 🇨🇦 and deliberately trying to make you sick or even kill you! —It’s called subversion in political terms! —Trudeau goes along with it of course!

Your skin is an organ and chemicals are never safe.

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