Re: [at-l] Water treatment

[Jim Mayer <mayer@wrc.xerox.com>]

At 02:20 PM 5/5/98 PDT, Bucky wrote:
>Jim Mayer wrote:
>
>>My current approach is:
>>
>>(1) get rid of the worst of the dirt any way that works
>>    (e.g. a no-soap stream rinse)
>>
>>(2) use the alcohol gel to kill the nasties.
>
>My understanding of the alcohol-based sanitizers is that
>you don't need to rinse after using it. The alcohol quickly
>evaporates after killing the germs, leaving only emollients
>behind to keep your skin from getting too dried out.

That's right... you don't rinse.  You just rub your hands together until
they dry (takes a half minute or so).

-- Jim

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