Does Hand Sanitizer Work?

INTRODUCTION

                                   ''Honey take your hand sanitizer before you eat your food.'' Have you ever heard that saying in your life? Well are you thinking does it really help clean all the deadly germs on your hands? Does it really work? The answer is simply yes. Although, it does work scientist still recommend that you use soap and water and use sanitizer as an alternative. Even though, hand sanitizer is more effective there are many factors that can effect how well the hand sanitizer. Hand sanitizer comes in multiple varieties, including,gels,foams and liquids. They don't need any other material to put on your hands when used like water. Most hand sanitizers feature a alcohol-based active ingredient,such as ethanol or isopropanol.They may also contain an inactive ingredients,including thickening agents,glycerin,essential oils, and fragrances. At some hand sanitizers it says it kills 99.99% of germs.Are they lying? Scientists have tested and concluded it does kill most of all germs in inanimate surfaces.Well,before we start listing the negatives of hand sanitizer you need to learn they work by removing the outer layer of oil on your skin. If you don't put enough of sanitizer or don't rub it throughly then the sanitizer will kill less than 99.9% of germs. Also,if your hand are very dirty or greasy most likely it won't be as effective. Further more, if your hand sanitizer does not contain more than 60% of alcohol. Then it will kill less amount of germs. Researchers also claim that the germs hand sanitizer kills aren't the ones that make you sick.Although, it makes your hands cleaner it doesn't protect you from illness. A lot of experts say you should use soap and water more than hand sanitizer. Wash your hand s whenever you have the chance and don't use hand sanitizer unless necessary.

MY OPINION

                                       In my opinion I think that soap and water is better than hand sanitizer. I think this because hand sanitizer doesn't protect you well against sickness unlike soap and water. I think people will like this topic because they use hand sanitizer and they want to know if it works.

MY CONCLUSION

                                        So did you guys like the blog?Do you agree with my opinion?If not then port your comments below. So in conclusion hand sanitizer does work but there are many factors that make it less effective and it can't protect against illness.