Talk about daily chemical ingredients in hand sanitizer

Faced with a complex and severe epidemic, it is particularly important to do personal safety and health protection. Medical staff said that improving their immunity, washing their hands and wearing masks are effective means to prevent infection. Some experts even reminded: "Do not touch your face before washing your hands. Washing your hands is sometimes more important than wearing a mask." A few days ago, during the surveillance of pneumonia of the new coronavirus, the Guangzhou Centers for Disease Control and Prevention discovered the nucleic acid of the new coronavirus on the door handle of a confirmed patient's home. health.

Unlike alcohol and disinfectant, which are used in living spaces and in contact with objects, hand sanitizers are in direct contact with human skin, which is more of concern. Because of this, after the outbreak, the demand for various types of hand sanitizers increased significantly, and even out of stock. Suning data show that after the Spring Festival, sales of sanitizing hand sanitizers have increased by 2315%.

"Cleaning your hands frequently", but also "being able to wash your hands". Knowing the types, principles, and ingredients of hand sanitizers can make us calmer.
Product selection: sterilization identification "Wei Xiao certificate"
In recent years, hand sanitizers have become a substitute for soap due to their convenience and cleanliness. Unlike soap, soap, washing powder, laundry detergent and other washing products, hand sanitizers are generally free of phosphorus, aluminum, alkali, sodium alkylbenzene sulfonate and other ingredients. They use the principle of mild decontamination and are easy for the skin to accept.
There are two types of hand sanitizers: one is anti-bacterial / antibacterial antibacterial, and the general label is labeled "healthy antibacterial". Some manufacturers also mark the packaging with a prominent position to emphasize the special effects of the product. Can effectively inhibit 99.99% of common bacteria ", and listed some killable bacteria. The other type is ordinary hand sanitizer, which only plays a role of cleaning and decontamination, and cannot help the common pathogenic bacteria on our hands.
In addition, there are some special and new hand sanitizers. For example, heavy oil hand sanitizer is mainly used for cleaning industrial oils (such as motor oil, gasoline, butter, diesel, etc.) and stubborn stains. Water-free hand sanitizer is mainly used for daily sterilization of the skin on the hands. On the hands; children's hand sanitizer, use non-toxic, non-irritating / low-irritating raw materials, and should minimize the amount of pigments and flavors.
Different hand sanitizers are different on the outer packaging. Hand sanitizers with the words "bactericidal and bacteriostatic" are usually marked on the ingredient label. The sanitation license number marked on the back of the package starts with "Wei Xiaozheng"; and the ingredients label is marked with "mild, tender skin, Hand sanitizers with the words "moisturizing" and the like, the hygienic permission number on the back of the package starts with "weizhuangquan".
"Weixiaozhengzi" hand sanitizer belongs to the category of disinfection products. This kind of hand sanitizer can help kill or inhibit common pathogenic bacteria, such as pyogenic cocci, intestinal pathogenic bacteria, and pathogenic fungi. Such hand sanitizers need to be sent to the product for inspection and after a series of strict safety and disinfection effects inspections, sanitation permits and "Waste Consumer Certificate" permits are approved before production and sales are allowed.
"Wai Zhuang Zhuan Zi" is an approval document issued by the cosmetics testing department of the Ministry of Health for domestic cosmetics, which means that this hand wash is common skin care cosmetics with ordinary shampoos and facial cleansers, and its functions can only achieve clean, Decontamination purpose.