the new era of hand washing
The Wednesday of the past week was “world hand washing day”. We did a small survey on hand sanitizers on the market. It can be said that the popularity of hand sanitizer began after the “SARS” in 2003. Because of cross pollution, hand sanitizer is more reassuring than soap. Even the top three hospitals will require that the toilets be equipped with hand sanitizer in the future. The emergence of hand sanitizer has brought us into a new era of hand washing. There may be misunderstandings or blind spots in any new health way. Take how to choose hand sanitizer for example. During the investigation, the reporter found that it can not effectively kill bacteria as we take it for granted. Some hand sanitizers focus on cleaning and decontamination, and may not be able to do anything about the common pathogenic bacteria on our hands. There is no specific standard for hand sanitizer in China, so it is still necessary to identify major brands and learn to read the doorways on the label when buying. Of course, if you choose the right hand sanitizer, you may get half the result with twice the effort if you use it incorrectly. Washing hands seems simple and has even become a subconscious rule every day, but each of us should ask ourselves, “can you really wash your hands?”
it’s best to buy hand sanitizer with the “font elimination number”
Since “SARS” in 2003, the public has had a conceptual update on the daily action of “washing hands”. Compared with ordinary soaps, hand sanitizers with bactericidal and bacteriostatic effects are becoming more and more popular. However, recently, some hand sanitizers were found to be unqualified in “pH value”, which aroused people’s concern about the quality of hand sanitizers. Can all hand sanitizers effectively sterilize and inhibit bacteria? Which hand sanitizers can hurt hands if used for a long time? Is it normal to feel sticky after washing? In the process of using hand sanitizer, do you have any misunderstanding?
the identity of the same hand sanitizer is very different
The reporter visited Carrefour fuguiyuan store and Chongwenmen New World supermarket, and found that the hand sanitizer products sold on the market at present mainly focus on several major daily chemical brands, such as Shufujia, DIDU, VELUX, kaimi, blue moon and Anjie. However, there are subtle differences in the names of hand sanitizers.
The reporter saw that most of the names of hand sanitizers contain the words “healthy bacteriostasis”. In order to emphasize the strong effect of the products, some brands will also mark “99.9% common bacteria can be inhibited” on the conspicuous position of the package and list the bacteria that can be killed. However, the reporter could not find the words related to “sterilization and bacteriostasis” on the packaging of foam hand sanitizer. Only “moistening + cleaning” indicates the function of this hand sanitizer. The reporter noticed that for the hand sanitizer with the words “healthy bacteriostasis” in its name, the hygiene license number marked on the back of the package starts with the word “Wei Xiao Zheng”, while the hygiene license of VELUX foam hand sanitizer starts with the word “Wei Zhuang Zhun”.
“Wei Zhuang Zhun Zi” hand sanitizer belongs to cosmetics
the sterilization effect is not as good as that of “Xiaozi”
In this regard, the reporter interviewed Professor Xue Guangbo, President of Shanghai disinfectant Association and the Second Military Medical University. He told the reporter that there are two main types of hand sanitizers on the market at present, one is not antibacterial and the other is antibacterial. Hand sanitizer with antibacterial effect belongs to the category of disinfection products. It can be produced only after the provincial and municipal health departments and bureaus have issued the production hygiene license, but it does not need to apply for the hygiene license and hygiene license approval from the Ministry of health. Hand sanitizer is a disinfection product, which can only be produced and sold after obtaining the market hygiene license issued by the provinces and cities and the “weixiaozi” license issued by the Ministry of health. It is not easy to obtain the “Weixiao” brand, but the premise is that the product must undergo strict safety and disinfection effect tests and provide disinfection effect and safety evaluation reports.
“Wei Zhuang Zhunzi” is the approval number issued by the cosmetics Inspection Department of the Ministry of health for domestic cosmetics. In other words, products with the batch number of “Wei Zhuang Zhunzi” belong to cosmetics.
The reporter found that the regulations on the supervision of cosmetics hygiene defines cosmetics as follows: daily chemical industrial products that are spread on any part of the human body surface (skin, hair, nails, lips, etc.) by wiping, spraying or other similar methods to achieve the purpose of cleaning, eliminating bad smell, skin care, beauty and decoration. In terms of their functions, cosmetics can be divided into general skin care, cosmetics and special cosmetics. General skin care and cosmetic products include shampoo, facial cleanser, etc. the letter “XK” will be marked after the hygiene license batch number of these products. Special cosmetics generally refer to special products with special functions such as deodorization, bodybuilding and weight loss. The label of such products is “QG”.
The reporter saw that the hygiene license batch number of VELUX foam hand sanitizer is marked with the letter “XK”. That is to say, this hand sanitizer belongs to the same level of general skin care and cosmetic products as shampoo and facial cleanser, and its function can only achieve the purpose of cleaning and decontamination. It has no killing effect on the common hand pathogenic bacteria targeted by other “Xiao Zi” hand sanitizers, such as pyogenic cocci, intestinal pathogenic bacteria and pathogenic fungi Inhibition or killing effect is limited. The reporter noticed that the foam hand sanitizer did not carry any instructions or labels on the package indicating that the hand sanitizer could kill bacteria and inhibit bacteria.
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