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Hand sanitizers and antibiotic resistance: The truth revealed!

Hand sanitizers and antibiotic resistance: The truth revealed!

A common myth is that hand sanitizers cause antibiotic resistance, and this is simply not true.

Antibiotics are ingested, and they work completely differently to alcohol-based hand sanitizers. The alcohol quickly kills a broad spectrum of germs, and it is not left behind on your skin to let the germs become resistant. Alcohol-based hand sanitizers reduce resident organisms, or “good germs,” but they quickly grow back and remain as our normal microbiota.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, “The primary cause of antibiotic resistance is the repeated and improper use of antibiotics.”

Now you know!

OmniProtect is an alcohol-based antiviral sanitizing spray that allows for effective and even application from up to 15cm away.

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