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Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Calling All Germs-Hand Hygiene and Cell Phones..Duh

WSJ reports on hand hygiene facts and cell phones..
Should you apply hand sanitizer to your cell phone?
If so, what happens to your phone?!

  1. JUST DO NOT EVER USE ANY WIPE OR SPRAY THAT CONTAINS AMMONIA!!
    alcohol wipes, etc are great and so handy. keep in mind that about half the wipes you find now aren’t alcohol wipes but contain benzalkonium chloride instead, which is also a disinfectant, but is replacing alcohol in many cases as it’s less drying, not able to be abused by goobers and is gentler on your skin. just make sure your wipes aren’t linty!
    *sometimes i grab a little hand sanitizer foam in the dr. or clinic and dampen my phone with it. ..just don’t wet it!

click here for link to WSJ article.