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Re alcohol hand sanitiser affecting resultshttp://news.ufl.edu/2011/05/12/hand-sanitizer/ http://consumerist.com/2011/05/25/use-too-much-hand-sanitizer-fail-an-alcohol-test/The study, which had subjects sanitize their hands 120 times a day for three straight days to receive false positives, says health professionals who sanitize their hands several times a day could be most at risk of tests falsely identifying their alcohol use. 11 participants used the hand sanitizer Purell once every five minutes during three 10-hour days. After taking twice-a-day urine tests and abstaining from drinking alcohol, all but one of the participants "failed." Every 5 minutes for 3, 10 hour days... it's a wonder they had skin left to test Do people in health care use it that often? Maybe they do? Diane Romano-Woodward ******************************** Please remove this footer before replying. OCC-HEALTH ARCHIVES: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/occ-health.html CONFERENCES AND STUDY DAYS: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/filearea.cgi?LMGT1=OCC-HEALTH