Does a hand sanitizer with more than 60% alcohol perform better?!


Question: Does a hand sanitizer with more than 60% alcohol perform better?
I keep hearing that less then 60% alcohol won't help but will 65% alcohol be more effective than 63%?

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For health care settings like hospitals and clinics, optimum alcohol concentration to kill germs is 70% to 95 %. The alcohol in hand sanitizers may not have the 10–15 seconds exposure time required to denature proteins and lyse cells in too low quantities (0.3 mL) or concentrations (below 60%).
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016%2FS0140-6736%2…
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml…



what i heard is 70% alcohol solution kill the most germ. Standard rubbing alcohol comes in 70%. however most hand sanitizer come between 62%-65%

However more is not better because too much alcohol will dry your skin

i use clorox hand sanitizer

http://www.shoplet.com/Clorox-Hands-Free…



Hand sanitizers have 60-65 % alcohol concentration. They kills around 95 -99% of the germs. Hnece i can say that hand sanitizers having alcohol more than 60% are good for use.



No




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