ABSTRACT
Alcohols have become ever more accepted as the primary skin antiseptic for healthcare personnel hand sanitizer applications in both North America and Europe [1,2]. Additionally, alcohol-based ‘‘hand sanitizers’’ are well accepted for use in degerming the hands of food servers/handlers and consumers at large [3]. Use of alcohols for sanitation is not new, and those containing 60-70% ethanol or isopropanol have been used for years as hand antiseptics in both the medical and food-handling environments.
