COMPARING THE TWO. DO HAND SANITIZERS ACTUALLY WORK?
The truth about hand sanitizers has always been a debate. Although many tests and studies have been completed, there are still many individuals who have biased opinions. It is important to remember that not everything everyone says is true. Scientific evidence, and experimental research is the best way to analyze and conclude an argument. Although, this is the case with hand sanitizers, there are still many researches and studies being done to prove the efficiency of hand sanitizers.
In comparing these two arguments, there is more evidence that proves hand sanitizers do indeed prevent the spread of diseases. The numerous tests, studies and facts prove that although hand sanitizers may have negative effects, all in all, hand sanitizers do reduce the spreading of infectious diseases in some sort of way. There are many negative side effects but they do not bring the sanitizer away from preventing diseases. Personally I believe that hand sanitizers do prevent the spread of diseases after a thorough comparison.
Hand sanitizers kill many inflectional microbial cells, however some stronger viruses cannot be destroyed. Basically they kill the day-today life infections, not the serious ones. It is still good to use hand sanitizers despite this fact, because hand sanitizers target and kill however many bad germs it can proving to be efficient. The alcohol in hand sanitizers effectively does its job but only on contact, so when there is dirt on your hands it won’t work as well as it should. But, what if you had no soap or water nearby at the time? Using hand sanitizers is quite handy because it will relieve the dirt and may even demolish some outer infectious cells. By doing this you are somewhat minimizing the spread of your infectious cells on other surfaces and people. It’s better than using nothing and maintaining the infectious microbial growth on your hands.
Not all types of hand sanitizers will be efficient in preventing the spread of diseases. For example non-alcohol containing hand sanitizers fail to prevent diseases well. Thus a solution to this would be to use the more powerful alcohol hand sanitizer or an alternative better way; washing your hands with soap and water. Furthermore, one must know the proper way to use a hand sanitizer. For without this knowledge, hand sanitizers may not work as effectively as it could. Hand sanitizers need less work and time to function. While washing with hands and soap require a constant rush of water, the right soap and a lot of time, hand sanitizers only need a decent drop and vigorous rubbing until air dry.
Another major disadvantage to compare would be the fact that, hand sanitizers break the protective skin layer on the hands, possibly killing many good bacteria needed. Although this may not be a short -term issue, it may be a long-term one, it just needs to research more. Regardless, hand sanitizers still remain a popular alternative for hand washing, being used by many medical professionals, facilities and common social areas. As long as it is used correctly with the right requirements, hand sanitizers will continue to prevent the spread of diseases.