Hand sanitizers... Pointless or Not?

Pulsedriver

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Hey folks,

For the slightly OCD amongst us :D

Those portable hand sanitizers, that you put a bit on your hand, and rub hands together...Do they actually work? And at what point do you draw the line?

I happened to be at an arcades at the weekend, and after a few goes on the various games, handling coins etc, I used a sanitizer spray on my hands.

They felt clean, but hands feel clean even if you put them under water and thats it...

Whats the general consensus on these things?

If they work, they are great for things like theme parks, if your out and about etc!


PS> The most pathetic advert i've seen however, is the one where they say how many germs are on a soap pump dispenser... Well... You push it, but then soap comes out which you wash your hands with! So what does it matter how dirty the handle is? As your washing your hands after!!!?
 
We have one in the car handy for when we go to the local recycling point or you're out and about and you touch something a bit manky
 
I eat things off the floor, and many other disgusting places... A few germs on my hand's aren't gonna affect me!
 
I love those things that say kills 99.9% of bacteria. If they mean volume then that 0.1% is more than enough given exponential growth. If they mean species, then the hardy 0.1% that resists the chemicals is probably one hard mofo. In short, pointless.
 
Speaking from the view of me working with Infection Control in a hospital; They are almost useless on a big majority of bacteria. If you really care what is on your hands, the only way to definitely get rid of the germs is to use soap and water.

Though, Sanitizer is better than nothing at all, I suppose.
 
Plus it's 99.9% if you drown the bacteria in it. If you then proceed to touch a door handle covered in turd, may as well lick ur arse clean like kitteh doez.
 
Pulsedriver said:
Those portable hand sanitizers, that you put a bit on your hand, and rub hands together...Do they actually work? And at what point do you draw the line?
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yes - alcohol gel etc.. kills bacteria ergo it 'works' - though tis only really a substitute for simply washing your hands

useful if you don't have lots of water around to wash your hands with (festivals etc...) or if you want to stop a bunch of unwashed mongaliods from the local council estate spreading germs about when visiting relatives (hospitals)
 
I'm pretty OCD about washing my hands, they are pretty good came in handy on holiday a lot, dog rolled in **** (bloody thing) when sis cleaned it off she used that to clean her hands.

Really cheap for what it does really
 
Speaking as a man i feel really sorry for any other man that seriously thinks and worrys about things like this. "i handled some coins, i touched a public toilet seat, I exchanged 2 pints of pints of bodily fluids anally with the South Camberwell basketball team."

What kind of parents raise a child to be like this?
 
Efour > It's a psychological issue, where the person believes they need to do something, or their hands or dirty touching certain things, or they don't touch door handles in the toilets or something, some have it mild, some really suffer.

I personally do worry if i've touched coins (within reason!) or a door handle in a toilet and not managed to wash my hands after, yet oddly, will go to a car park and put the token in my mouth while I drive to the car park space (lol) the mind works in bizarre ways!

It's a bit harsh to blame parents!
 
I'm pretty OCD with my hands too, but I wouldn't want to eat, or well erm, fap, or pee, with dirty hands. In work I always first wash my hands, then take a pee, then wash hands again, the water is pretty much black when washing after work...

Or when you rub your eye or nose, I prefer to be able to do that without giving myself an infection immediately.
Speaking as a man i feel really sorry for any other man that seriously thinks and worrys about things like this
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Don't make me start about toilets ! Those things simply need a clean before sitting on them, let alone public toilets.

Parents have had nothing to do in any of the matters.


Anyhow, always wash hands before touching my manstick, before touching my face and before eating when I can( as I nearly always eat with my bare hands).
Always wash hands after using uni pc's ( just feel dirty/fatty after it), after work, and when I come home from going out or whatever.
Also wash my hands when they taste dirty, I'm a nail biter and quickly notice if my hands are sweaty/whatever, they must be clean enough to put in my mouth so to speak without tasting disgust.
 
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