How does hand disinfectant actually work?
Everyone is familiar with hand disinfection and often seen in business nationwide, but do you know how hand disinfectants actually work? In short, the hand disinfectant is designed to kill bacteria. Every time you approach water, it works as an effective way to promote hand hygiene. hand Soap is limited or cannot be used. Cleaning and killing are different processes, and washing hands is the most common cleaning process, while using water and soap to remove pathogens and allergens, while disinfectants use alcohol and other antibacterial elements to kill pathogens or allergens and leave dead cells in their hands.
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Hand disinfectants are not effective in removing food allergens from their hands.
Removing allergens from food contact surfaces or employees’ hands is important for avoiding potential cross -contamination. However, hand disinfectants alone are not suitable for removing allergens. Hand disinfectants are effective in reducing the amount of allergen proteins found in hands, but do not completely remove allergens. The protein remaining in the hand after salt is a cause of cross -contamination.
In alcohol -based disinfectants, alcohol can interfere with the external membrane of microorganisms such as bacteria and viruses and inactive or kill. But this does not occur in allergens such as peanuts, eggs or dairy proteins. Allergens have a stable molecule without the cell structure of viruses and bacteria, and alcohols of disinfectants can interfere. Thus, disinfectants do not affect the structure or abilities of allergens that cause allergen reactions.
Research shows that liquid soap, bar soap and commercial wet tissues are very effective in removing peanut allergens from their hands. In contrast, ordinary water and antibacterial hand disinfectants have left three out of 12 out of 12 and 3 out of 6 peanut allergens. Since ordinary water and hand disinfers are not effective in removing food allergens, it is important to follow the appropriate hands -up procedure that emphasizes soap and water use.
To learn more about allergen removal and allergen delivery, read the FDA food code.
Washing hands are the only effective way to remove allergens.
The thorough handle with soap and water is the only way to ensure allergen removal and minimize cross -pollution risk. In food production and service environments, this practice is important to protect customers by preventing one allergens from contaminating other foods.
Meritech’s Cleantech® The automated handwashing station has been clinically verified in the hands of the staff to remove more than 99.9% of the pathogen and allergen. This handwashing station prevents employees from importing trace amounts of allergens that can lead to cross -contaminated events when employees move from one food to another.
Cleantech’s clinical verification and allergens removal effect®
