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Health Check: should we be using alcohol-based hand sanitisers?

  • Written by: Mary-Louise McLaws, Professor of Epidemiology Healthcare Infection and Infectious Diseases Control, UNSW Australia
imageAlcohol-based hand rubs have their place but aren't usually needed if you're washing your hands with soap and water.Boris Bulychev/Shutterstock

They’re everywhere in hospitals, travellers' backpacks and the aisles of pharmacies in winter, but do we really need to use alcohol-based hand sanitisers? And what should we make of the marketing...

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