Do you use hand sanitizer?

[meltdown75]

I do.

 

[FoBoT]

by hand sanitizer, do you mean a commercial product that comes in a container of some sort? or do you mean something "natural"?

 

[meltdown75]

Originally posted by: FoBoT
by hand sanitizer, do you mean a commercial product that comes in a container of some sort? or do you mean something "natural"?

commercial product, ie. Purell. I work in an office and I use it a few times daily. Believe it or not, some people here don't wash their hands after doing their business. Others are just plain germy.

 

[Lola]

Yes. I have a big bottle of it on my desk with a spray bottle of lysol in my desk as well...
i like to spray things down each night. I see a lot of people, and i like to keep things clean.

 

[Eli]

They have it in the meat section at the grocery store, and I use it there. I'd probably use it if I had it at home.

 

[Scarpozzi]

I prefer soap and water... I would seek it out before using hand sanitizer.....I need the rinse cycle to really feel clean.

 

[ondarkness]

Is it true that once you use the same one for a period of time it is no longer effective for you?

 

[Jeff7181]

Does fire count?

 

[FoBoT]

Originally posted by: ondarkness
Is it true that once you use the same one for a period of time it is no longer effective for you?

i don't think any of them have more than a placebo effect

 

[meltdown75]

Originally posted by: ondarkness
Is it true that once you use the same one for a period of time it is no longer effective for you?

I haven't heard that and I'd be very interested in finding out if there was any truth to it.

 

[Zeeky Boogy Doog]

are you talking actual hand sanitizer or anything that sanitizes your hand, such as soap?

 

[meltdown75]

Originally posted by: Jeff7181
Does fire count?

slight overkill, but severe burning of germ infected areas is known to stave off germs for a while.

 

[meltdown75]

Originally posted by: Zeeky Boogy Doog
are you talking actual hand sanitizer or anything that sanitizes your hand, such as soap?

"hand sanitizer" ie. Purell

 

[Zeeky Boogy Doog]

Originally posted by: meltdown75

Originally posted by: ondarkness
Is it true that once you use the same one for a period of time it is no longer effective for you?

I haven't heard that and I'd be very interested in finding out if there was any truth to it.

its quite possible that the bacteria on your hands could build up a resistance to the sanitizer, and then those reproduce and the end result is bacteria on your hands that are resistant to the hand sanitizer.

 

[Zeeky Boogy Doog]

Originally posted by: meltdown75

Originally posted by: Zeeky Boogy Doog
are you talking actual hand sanitizer or anything that sanitizes your hand, such as soap?

"hand sanitizer" ie. Purell

ok, then no

 

[trmiv]

The OP is talking about the clear stuff you rub on your hands. I used to use it when doing desktop support. You have no idea what people leave one their mice/keyboards.

 

[Jzero]

One of these days, one bacterium isn't going to be sanitized by that stuff. And that is one tough bacterium. And he is going to be pissed off.

So I rarely use it.

 

[aircooled]

no. i just wash my hands

 

[mwtgg]

Originally posted by: Jzero
One of these days, one bacterium isn't going to be sanitized by that stuff. And that is one tough bacterium. And he is going to be pissed off.

So I rarely use it.

Yep, I prefer soap. A little bit of germs never hurt anybody

 

[meltdown75]

Originally posted by: Jzero
One of these days, one bacterium isn't going to be sanitized by that stuff. And that is one tough bacterium. And he is going to be pissed off.

So I rarely use it.

He's a son of a b!tch - I've heard rumours about him.

also, remind me to never put an idiot option in a poll. hehe

 

[rh71]

I do but I swear my hands feel ickier afterward.

 

[DainBramaged]

Originally posted by: meltdown75
I do.

Me too.

 

[DainBramaged]

Originally posted by: Lola
Yes. I have a big bottle of it on my desk with a spray bottle of lysol in my desk as well...
i like to spray things down each night. I see a lot of people, and i like to keep things clean.

Wow, I didn't have the Purell but every Monday morning I cleaned off my desk and sprayed it down with a nice, thick layer of Lysol. My co-workers used to get annoyed because it smelled so strong but now that I have been gone for about a year, one lady told me that they were all getting sick this last winter and they decided it was because they didn't have me spraying that stuff anymore. It was kind of entertaining for me.

 

[Electric Amish]

No. I never use it...unless I go into our manufacturing area where it's a requirement.

 

[Anubis]

no
i dont think i ever have