Steffini Stalos, DO, FCAP, is a pathology and lab medicine physician. She is also the chief medical officer of the lab consultancy firm Blood Associates, LLC. Hand sanitizer expires after about 2.5 ...

Methanol in hand sanitizers is a health hazard, the FDA says. Make sure the products you buy don't have it. The list of questionable hand sanitizers has gotten so long that the FDA created a ...

If you’ve been able to buy a bottle of hand sanitizer in the past two months, it’s likely the smell has changed, and not for the better. All the rose, lavender, and citrus scents aren’t enough to ...

Alcohol-based hand sanitizers should contain at least 60% ethyl alcohol or isopropyl alcohol. These alcohols work to kill bacteria and viruses. This information comes from the Centers for Disease ...

Hand sanitizer does have an expiration date. Recently expired sanitizer may retain some effectiveness but is likely less effective than an in-date product. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ...