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Handwashing soap

lamb L.A.M.Buisman at cable.A2000.nl
Sun Jan 17 10:45:53 EST 1999


Why not use ordinary liquid soap? Commonly used in med. microb. laboratories.


abeerguy at postoffice2.bellatlantic.net wrote:

> Try ChlorHexadine.... We use it in an critical care area were we are
> continously exposed to TB.... MRSA....VRE...and Ps.aurginosa and if its good
> for these *critters* it should be good for what you need it for.... It just
> dries your hands out and lotion is the best remedy.
>
> Yersinia wrote:
>
> > Hi Bob,
> >
> > You wrote:
> >
> > < have a problem that I need help with.  The handwashing soap at my
> > facility
> > contains dimethyl benzyl ammonium chlorides and Ethyl benzyl ammonium
> > chloride
> > at 5% each.  Its my understanding that these are irritants.  If so, are
> > they
> > safe to apply to the hands over an extended period of time.  If anyone
> > has any
> > knowledge about this, please share with me.
> >
> > Also, I was told that this soap is intended for cleaning walls, doors,
> > floors, and items of that nature.  >
> >
> > This sounds like a preparation we use at our lab, called Arrive - but we
> > use it to disinfect our benches!!
> >
> > Infectionately,
> > Yersinia.
> >
> > _________________________________________
> > "A good microbiologist must always B. cereus."






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