Thursday, September 24, 2009

Swine flu and anti-bacterial gel

The BBC reports:
A Dorset prison has removed anti-bacterial hand gel pumps after an inmate is thought to have got drunk drinking from them.
This gel is now everywhere.

I don't want to spoil anybody's fun, but as swine flu is caused by a virus, does anti-bacterial gel do anything to prevent its spread?
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2 comments:

  1. Mark24 September, 2009 19:17

    Yes it does.

    Apparently it kills 99.99% of bacteria and enveloped viruses, which includes flu. It is significantly less effective against un-enveloped viruses such as norovirus (still kills 90% of it, but that's not much use)

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  2. Jonathan Calder24 September, 2009 19:21

    Thanks.

    I'd better start drinking it then.

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