Expert advises alcohol hand sanitizers - UPI

A handshake can spread a lot of germs, but a U.S. microbiology expert says the use of some anti-microbials with triclosan may be self-defeating.

Michael McCann, of Saint Joseph's University, in Philadelphia, advises thorough hand washing with conventional soap and warm water is the best way to advert illness, but many hand sanitizers contain chemicals like triclosan that specifically kill bacteria, but triclosan also can trigger "selection."

"Research suggests wide-scale application of these sanitizers promotes the evolution of drug-resistant strains of bacteria," McCann said in a statement....