ARE YOU USING THE "CORRECT" HAND SANITIZERS???????

"As of beginning of August 2014,the brands of hand sanitizers
that had valid registration with the FDA were Sanigel, Clean
Touch, Dial Hand, Samocid,Forever Hand, Steri-7, Carex,Fruiser, Purell, Bremed and High Baby"-excerpted from www.graphic.com.gh's story on Ebola and sanitizers

Aside from the FDA issues,health experts have said that not all the sanitizers can kill germs.Some are specifically anti-bacterial,so cannot obviously deal with viruses,Protozoa and fungi.

They are recommending that we purchase those that can actually work on all germs.

Meanwhile,the sale and purchase of the product has skyrocketed in the past weeks,obviously due to apprehensions people have towards the disease described as "deadly" that has claimed over 1,000 lives in the past few months.

And as you know,people have cashed in on the situation and are indeed making money outta the product.

If you thought any hand sanitizer is that powerful to kill all germs,then you might want to rethink your position;because the experts say,many of these products are largely alcohol-based with either little or no truly disinfecting ingredients.

We are advised that alcohol sanitizers do not control the spread of Ebola virus,since it's a stubborn virus (coated)

Health officials say we should buy sanitizers that are;

1) Approved by the FDA (met the quality control standards)

2) generally germ disinfecting;that's they can kill nearly all manner of germs (bacteria,fungi,Protozoa,viruses etc)

3) Chemically composed of didecydimethyl,ammonium and chloride and not only alcohol

Upon hearing and reading all of these,I quickly looked to check the sanitizer I have been using and OH! It's only anti- bacterial,contains Ethyl Alcohol (62%) which is the active ingredient and the brand was not mentioned among the FDA approved and validly registered hand sanitizers.

Maybe I'd have to go find another.You have too?