Hand Sanitiser Glycerine

    Fifteen years ago someone was trying to licence out an antiviral hand
sanitiser whose carrier was glycerine. THey argued the glycerine lubricated
against dry skin but since it was an alcohol, also killed lower level germs,
whle their anti-viral offed the higher level germs. I warned them someone
was gonna get wind of it an just sell glycerine. When the hand sanitisers
became popular you could not buy glycerine from most drug stores.  But the
hand sanitisers claim alcohol as their active ingredient instead of glycerine
(which they contain). Is it because of the high viscosity of glycerine? Is
the alcohol more effective killing germs?

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  vjp2.at@at.BioStrategist.dot.dot.com wrote:


It isnt.


germs.

Thats grossly simplistic.


Unlikely given that is nothing like as convenient as alcohol to use.


Because alcohol alone has real downsides skin wise when used much.


Yep, glycerine isnt an effective germ killer.

And its mad to be furiously killing germs with other than medical situations
anyway.