Hand sanitizer should do just that: sanitize. But what if it’s contaminated to begin with? You’d think the liquid would just kill the germs, right? Well you’d think wrong. A recent Miami Herald article noted the nationwide recall of Durisan hand sanitizer after finding microbial contamination, high levels of Burkholderia cepcia complex and Ralstonia picketti.
Microbial Contamination Leads to Hand Sanitizer Recall
26 lots of hand sanitizer were found to have high levels of two different bacteria.
Apr 2, 2021