 decent levels of immunity in the community by now (due to vaccination and prior infections). Still need to keep tabs on the healthcare pressure, but so far it seems to be heading down, which is good.At the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, the supply of hand sanitizers experienced a shortage. That wasn’t surprising, given hand sanitizer is the next best thing to washing your hands with plain soap and water. However, in the rush to restock shelves with hand sanitizer, some manufacturers included unsafe ingredients, leading the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to issue a watch list of unsafe hand sanitizers. So what makes a good hand sanitizer? Learn how hand sanitizers work, the active ingredients in hand sanitizer, which hand sanitizers are safe, and the dangers of hand sanitizer contaminated with methanol.
Avoid hand sanitizers with methanol.
In July 2020, the FDA issued warnings to consumers to avoid hand sanitizers that contained methanol. Methanol, which is wood alcohol, can be toxic when absorbed through the skin or ingested, and can be life threatening when ingested. The effects of methanol poisoning include nausea, vomiting, headache, blurred vision, permanent blindness, seizures, coma, permanent damage to the nervous system or death. Anyone experiencing these symptoms needs to seek immediate medical treatment to reverse the methanol poisoning.
Hand sanitizers are not 100% effective.
Although hand sanitizers with at least 60% alcohol can help stop the spread of germs, they are not as effective as hand washing. While they can reduce the number of microbes on hands when first applied, they don’t kill off all types of germs. The main reason for this, according to the U.S. Centers of Disease Control and Prevention, is people don’t usually use a large enough volume of hand sanitizer to kill germs; or, they wipe it off before it has dried on their hands. They also may not be as effective if hands are visibly dirty, greasy, or are contaminated by harmful chemicals, such as pesticides or heavy metals like lead.
Not all hand sanitizers are the same.
The FDA recommends hand sanitizers with a minimum of 60% alcohol for the most effectiveness. Types of alcohol include ethanol, isopropanol and n-propanol. However, consumers should avoid hand sanitizers with 1-propanol, which also can be toxic. Some formulations also include emollients like glycerin or aloe to soothe the skin and keep it from drying out.
Hand sanitizers are usually liquids, sprays, foams or gels. According to a 2018 study on the impact of hand sanitizer format and dose amount in The Journal of Hospital Infection, liquids provide a cleaner, smoother, more moisturized feel. However, increased difficulty in handling and applying the product counteracted these benefits. Foam and gel were seen as more desirable than liquid thanks to fast absorption, a soft/moisturized feel, low smell and no stickiness. The study also stated the preferred dose is 1.5 mL (about one-third teaspoon).
Use hand sanitizers when hand washing isn’t possible.
When you can’t wash your hands, using hand sanitizer is the next best thing. Although it doesn’t remove all germs, hand-sanitizing products help eliminate many germs. Using hand sanitizer with at least 60% alcohol (up to 90%) is more likely than weaker formulations to kill the germs on your hands. (Some microbes can survive in alcohol-based sanitizers.) Hand sanitizer can be less irritating to skin than soap and water. In some cases, it may even improve the skin’s condition.
Properly apply hand sanitizers for the most effectiveness.
For hand sanitizer to be most effective, it’s imperative for users to apply it correctly. According to the CDC, you should apply an adequate dose of hand sanitizer to the palm of one hand, and then rub the hand sanitizer over the surface of your hands and in between your fingers. Make sure you continue to rub in the hand sanitizer until your hands are dry. Do not wipe off excess hand sanitizer as this wipes away the product, reducing its effectiveness.
DIY hand sanitizer can be beneficial.
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Shake the container gently to mix the contents. The WHO does not recommend adding additional ingredients.
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I botched my reading roll and assumed we were talking about a cat owned by Lupa.
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I thought there were rules against posting offensive imagery.
Should I update my avatar with this pic, or is my current one more disturbing?
The one I linked is better for shock effect, but I think yours has more of a creeping horror vibe. Every time I look at it it seems to be more and more wrong.15-A, 4th floor Pratap Nagar, Mayur Vihar near India bank, above KBM electronics, New Delhi, Delhi 110091
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To cut to the chase, I don’t understand why the sketch compiles without error given this parameter mismatch. However, I know nothing about c++ compilers!
Without understanding this, I can’t work out exactly how the RFM69 is initialised. Any help would be appreciated.
I assume you’re using the JeeLib library for your emonTH2. That’s a minefield to find your way through. A long time ago, I picked it apart and simplified it into a ‘transmit-only’ version, calling it “rfmTxLib”, and you might find that easier to understand. rfmTxLib is totally compatible with the JeeeLib format.
Your reference documents are of course the Hope manuals for the RFM12B (if you have one) and the RFM69CW.
If you’re going to move the frequency around in the band, bear in mind that all your network needs to move.
Also bear in mind that the emonTx V4 has dropped the JeeLib radio packet format and now uses Low Power Labs library, so for forwards compatibility, you might consider moving to that. I looked briefly at it when I released the CM version on the emonPi, but rejected it as at the time OEM philosophy was that sensor nodes didn’t receive, plus the data rate chosen was a lot slower (that’s since changed). Other than that, I know very little about it. I might well be wrong, but I think LPL won’t work with the REFM12B.
I’m just reading through the published source code on the EmonTH2 github page and following through the includes in the Jeelib github repositories. Then I reference to the Hope manuals and the control commands and bit settings.
Sounds very useful. Is this available anywhere? Google couldn’t find the library.
To show the issue, the image below shows a waterfall of 11 seconds height taken from AirSpy software, with the receiver gain set to 30dB. I’ve labelled the EmonTx4 and