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Study: Disinfectant Gels No Match For Handwashing
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padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://cbs4denver.com/health/handwashing.hospitals.doctors.2.640609.html">Study: Disinfectant Gels No Match For Handwashing</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://cbs4denver.com/health/handwashing.hospitals.doctors.2.640609.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/cbs4denver.com/img/CB9D8251-9E38-49B2-BD9A-A1E71C6C7359" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://cbs4denver.com/health/handwashing.hospitals.doctors.2.640609.html"><SPAN class="cbstv_attribution"></SPAN> Doctors and nurses on the go often skip soap and water in favor of an alcohol-based hand gel, thinking the quick-acting goo will kill bacteria on their hands and curb the spread of infection.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://cbs4denver.com/health/handwashing.hospitals.doctors.2.640609.html">It turns out that's not enough.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://cbs4denver.com/health/handwashing.hospitals.doctors.2.640609.html">In a Nebraska hospital, medical workers nearly doubled their use of the alcohol-based gel, but their generally cleaner hands had no bearing on the rate of infections among patients.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; 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