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Thorough hand washing is typically recommended. But use of hand sanitizers is promoted, too. However, a recent study found that staff in long-term care facilities who relied too much on hand sanitizers over hand washing actually reported more outbreaks of norovirus-related illness.
A: There are three categories of hand sanitizers in the current marketplace: alcohols, quaternary ammonium compounds and triclosan. The alcohol-based products contain ethanol, which has excellent killing against gram positive, gram negative, and fungal organisms.