Hand Sanitiser

The BeSafe hand sanitiser has been a firm favourite with our clients for a long time now. For those times when there is no soap and water handy or if you just want to freshen up, this product is the answer.

Academic and research studies have highlighted time and again, the “downside” of alcohol-based hand sanitisers. This is particularly obvious when you compare them with equally-effective, yet safer, more environmentally friendly hand sanitiser products. These non-alcohol products are also arguably more cost-efficient and their development has resulted in a major shift away from flammable, alcohol-based products, and towards alcohol-free products.

For a long time Benzalkonium chloride and its cousins have been recognized as effective antibacterial and antiseptic agents and have been proven to be upwards of 99.99% per cent effective and non alcohol content hand sanitisers are essentially nontoxic when applied to the skin or mucous membranes. Benzalkonium Chloride is used primarily in hand or face washes, and is also used as a disinfectant

“Benzalkonium chloride-based hand sanitisers demonstrate greater sustained germ killing activity than alcohol gel hand sanitisers which also become less effective with repeated use and make the skin dirtier, due to removal of protective natural skin oils. They also allow dead skin cells to be trapped by the polymer thickeners that are used in gelled alcohol products,