Handwashing Where You Need it

SaniTwice^® Raises the Bar for Hand Sanitizer Effectiveness

The CDC’s support for waterless hand cleansing during the COVID-19 pandemic has established hand sanitizer as the go-to virus fighter for away-from-home use. Soap and water remains the gold standard but the convenience of the anywhere-handwash drives a much higher level of usage.

A related two-step hand sanitizer protocol, dubbed SaniTwice®, raises performance to “equivalent or superior to handwashing with soap and water…” according to peer-reviewed research published in the Journal of Food Protection (Vol. 73, No. 12, 2010, Pages 2296–2300). SaniTwice® starts with a wash step using the sanitizer as the “soap”. An excess is dispensed to the hands, applying friction more commonly associated with a traditional wash. While still wet, the hands are then vigorously dried with a paper towel. This cleansing step is then followed by a kill step — a second application of hand sanitizer following label instructions.

Anywhere-handwashing, SaniTwice®, brings uncompromised cleanliness to many challenging situations including these five:

1. Temporary foodservice such as portable bars and catered events
2. Patients in hospitals and nursing homes who are confined to their beds, without access to restrooms or handsinks,
3. Farmhands harvesting lettuce and other ready-to-eat foods
4. Petting zoos,
5. Away-from-home snacking and dining.