{"id":10465,"date":"2011-09-11T07:48:03","date_gmt":"2011-09-11T06:48:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.protrainings.eu\/?p=285"},"modified":"2011-09-11T07:48:03","modified_gmt":"2011-09-11T06:48:03","slug":"waterless-hand-gels-are-a-good-way-of-keeping-safe-against-infection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.protrainings.uk\/blog\/waterless-hand-gels-are-a-good-way-of-keeping-safe-against-infection\/","title":{"rendered":"Waterless hand gels are a good way of keeping safe against infection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s not always practical to wash your hands. Perhaps you are not near a sink or you just need to wash them frequently. There are several types of gel available, all of which are alcohol based. They come in various sizes, and some actually can clip onto you.<\/p>\n<p>To use the gel, just open the top, squeeze some into your hand, then rub it into your hand, in between your fingers, into your nails, around your thumb, and on the back of your hand. Ensure that all areas of your hands are covered. The gel will dry within a few seconds, and your hands will be clean.<\/p>\n<p>Hand sanitiser can also be found in wall mounted containers. With these, simply push down on the front of the box to release some gel into your hand and rub it in as described earlier.<\/p>\n<p>Another product available is universal wipes. With these, just open the front of the package, pull out the wipe, and wipe your hand in a similar fashion to the gel. You can also wipe down surfaces with the wipes. Once you are finished with a wipe, dispose of it according to your local workplace practices.<\/p>\n<p>You can buy gels from many places from petrol stations to supermarkets and the costs are very low. \u00a0It is a good idea to keep a small container of gel in your car as you never know when you may need it.<\/p>\n<p>More information see our infection control course at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.proinfectioncontrol.co.uk\">www.proinfectioncontrol.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s not always practical to wash your hands. Perhaps you are not near a sink or you just need to wash them frequently. There are several types of gel available, all of which are alcohol based. They come in various sizes, and some actually can clip onto you. To use the gel, just open the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[131,12,13,128,17,133,14,75,9],"tags":[59,180,60,181,182,183,184,99],"class_list":["post-10465","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fire-safety-2","category-first-aid","category-first-aid-at-work","category-food-hygiene","category-heath-and-safety","category-infection-control","category-online-learning","category-pet-first-aid","category-protrainings-eu","tag-bbp","tag-blood","tag-blood-boune-pathogens","tag-bourne","tag-control","tag-gel","tag-infection","tag-online-blood-bourne-pathogens"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Waterless hand gels are a good way of keeping safe against infection - Online Health &amp; Safety Training Courses | ProTrainings Europe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"First Aid News and Updates\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.protrainings.uk\/blog\/waterless-hand-gels-are-a-good-way-of-keeping-safe-against-infection\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Waterless hand gels are a good way of keeping safe against infection - Online Health &amp; Safety Training Courses | ProTrainings Europe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"First Aid News and Updates\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.protrainings.uk\/blog\/waterless-hand-gels-are-a-good-way-of-keeping-safe-against-infection\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Online Health &amp; Safety Training Courses | ProTrainings Europe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/protrainingsuk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2011-09-11T06:48:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Keith Sleightholm\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@protrainingsuk\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@protrainingsuk\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Keith Sleightholm\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.protrainings.uk\\\/blog\\\/waterless-hand-gels-are-a-good-way-of-keeping-safe-against-infection\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.protrainings.uk\\\/blog\\\/waterless-hand-gels-are-a-good-way-of-keeping-safe-against-infection\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Keith Sleightholm\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.protrainings.uk\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/1d4ce8b0d78ec0a52ce02f89849bed58\"},\"headline\":\"Waterless hand gels are a good way of keeping safe against infection\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-09-11T06:48:03+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.protrainings.uk\\\/blog\\\/waterless-hand-gels-are-a-good-way-of-keeping-safe-against-infection\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":264,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.protrainings.uk\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"bbp\",\"blood\",\"blood boune pathogens\",\"bourne\",\"control\",\"gel\",\"infection\",\"online blood bourne pathogens\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Fire Safety\",\"first aid\",\"First Aid at Work\",\"Food Hygiene\",\"Heath and Safety\",\"Infection Control\",\"online learning\",\"Pet First Aid\",\"ProTrainings.uk\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.protrainings.uk\\\/blog\\\/waterless-hand-gels-are-a-good-way-of-keeping-safe-against-infection\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.protrainings.uk\\\/blog\\\/waterless-hand-gels-are-a-good-way-of-keeping-safe-against-infection\\\/\",\"name\":\"Waterless hand gels are a good way of keeping safe against infection - Online Health &amp; Safety Training Courses | ProTrainings Europe\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.protrainings.uk\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2011-09-11T06:48:03+00:00\",\"description\":\"First Aid News and Updates\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.protrainings.uk\\\/blog\\\/waterless-hand-gels-are-a-good-way-of-keeping-safe-against-infection\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.protrainings.uk\\\/blog\\\/waterless-hand-gels-are-a-good-way-of-keeping-safe-against-infection\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.protrainings.uk\\\/blog\\\/waterless-hand-gels-are-a-good-way-of-keeping-safe-against-infection\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.protrainings.uk\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Waterless hand gels are a good way of keeping safe against infection\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.protrainings.uk\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.protrainings.uk\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"Online Health & Safety Training Courses | ProTrainings Europe\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.protrainings.uk\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.protrainings.uk\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.protrainings.uk\\\/blog\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Online Health & Safety Training Courses | ProTrainings Europe\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.protrainings.uk\\\/blog\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.protrainings.uk\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.protrainings.uk\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/05\\\/logo.svg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.protrainings.uk\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/05\\\/logo.svg\",\"width\":175,\"height\":57,\"caption\":\"Online Health & Safety Training Courses | ProTrainings Europe\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.protrainings.uk\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/protrainingsuk\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/protrainingsuk\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.protrainings.uk\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/1d4ce8b0d78ec0a52ce02f89849bed58\",\"name\":\"Keith Sleightholm\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3e9cd9e0b631a9c070c09d80ebf33c198ab8d7a236174589cf897864c850f658?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3e9cd9e0b631a9c070c09d80ebf33c198ab8d7a236174589cf897864c850f658?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3e9cd9e0b631a9c070c09d80ebf33c198ab8d7a236174589cf897864c850f658?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Keith Sleightholm\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.protrainings.uk\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.protrainings.uk\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/keith-sleightholm\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Waterless hand gels are a good way of keeping safe against infection - Online Health &amp; Safety Training Courses | ProTrainings Europe","description":"First Aid News and Updates","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.protrainings.uk\/blog\/waterless-hand-gels-are-a-good-way-of-keeping-safe-against-infection\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Waterless hand gels are a good way of keeping safe against infection - Online Health &amp; Safety Training Courses | ProTrainings Europe","og_description":"First Aid News and Updates","og_url":"https:\/\/www.protrainings.uk\/blog\/waterless-hand-gels-are-a-good-way-of-keeping-safe-against-infection\/","og_site_name":"Online Health &amp; Safety Training Courses | ProTrainings Europe","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/protrainingsuk","article_published_time":"2011-09-11T06:48:03+00:00","author":"Keith Sleightholm","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@protrainingsuk","twitter_site":"@protrainingsuk","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Keith Sleightholm","Estimated reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.protrainings.uk\/blog\/waterless-hand-gels-are-a-good-way-of-keeping-safe-against-infection\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.protrainings.uk\/blog\/waterless-hand-gels-are-a-good-way-of-keeping-safe-against-infection\/"},"author":{"name":"Keith Sleightholm","@id":"https:\/\/www.protrainings.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/1d4ce8b0d78ec0a52ce02f89849bed58"},"headline":"Waterless hand gels are a good way of keeping safe against infection","datePublished":"2011-09-11T06:48:03+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.protrainings.uk\/blog\/waterless-hand-gels-are-a-good-way-of-keeping-safe-against-infection\/"},"wordCount":264,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.protrainings.uk\/blog\/#organization"},"keywords":["bbp","blood","blood boune pathogens","bourne","control","gel","infection","online blood bourne pathogens"],"articleSection":["Fire Safety","first aid","First Aid at Work","Food Hygiene","Heath and Safety","Infection Control","online learning","Pet First Aid","ProTrainings.uk"],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.protrainings.uk\/blog\/waterless-hand-gels-are-a-good-way-of-keeping-safe-against-infection\/","url":"https:\/\/www.protrainings.uk\/blog\/waterless-hand-gels-are-a-good-way-of-keeping-safe-against-infection\/","name":"Waterless hand gels are a good way of keeping safe against infection - Online Health &amp; Safety Training Courses | ProTrainings Europe","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.protrainings.uk\/blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2011-09-11T06:48:03+00:00","description":"First Aid News and Updates","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.protrainings.uk\/blog\/waterless-hand-gels-are-a-good-way-of-keeping-safe-against-infection\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.protrainings.uk\/blog\/waterless-hand-gels-are-a-good-way-of-keeping-safe-against-infection\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.protrainings.uk\/blog\/waterless-hand-gels-are-a-good-way-of-keeping-safe-against-infection\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.protrainings.uk\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Waterless hand gels are a good way of keeping safe against infection"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.protrainings.uk\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.protrainings.uk\/blog\/","name":"Online Health & Safety Training Courses | ProTrainings Europe","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.protrainings.uk\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.protrainings.uk\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.protrainings.uk\/blog\/#organization","name":"Online Health & Safety Training Courses | ProTrainings Europe","url":"https:\/\/www.protrainings.uk\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.protrainings.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.protrainings.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/logo.svg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.protrainings.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/logo.svg","width":175,"height":57,"caption":"Online Health & Safety Training Courses | ProTrainings Europe"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.protrainings.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/protrainingsuk","https:\/\/x.com\/protrainingsuk"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.protrainings.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/1d4ce8b0d78ec0a52ce02f89849bed58","name":"Keith Sleightholm","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3e9cd9e0b631a9c070c09d80ebf33c198ab8d7a236174589cf897864c850f658?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3e9cd9e0b631a9c070c09d80ebf33c198ab8d7a236174589cf897864c850f658?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3e9cd9e0b631a9c070c09d80ebf33c198ab8d7a236174589cf897864c850f658?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Keith Sleightholm"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.protrainings.uk"],"url":"https:\/\/www.protrainings.uk\/blog\/author\/keith-sleightholm\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.protrainings.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10465","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.protrainings.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.protrainings.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.protrainings.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.protrainings.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10465"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.protrainings.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10465\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.protrainings.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.protrainings.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10465"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.protrainings.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}