Use alcohol-based hand sanitizers as an alternative to hand washing when soap and water aren't available.
And frequent users of alcohol-based sanitizers, such as nurses, sometimes complain of dry hands, doctors say.
One of my disappointments with the airline industry is its lack of providing alcohol-based hand sanitizers to passengers.
For this reason, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends alcohol-based products in addition to handwashing for health-care workers, says Katherine Ellingson, an epidemiologist at the CDC.
But they say alcohol-based sanitizers have more published research showing real-world benefits, such as lower incidence of illness among college students or reduced infections in hospitals.
It is now possible to build cars that are powered by a combination of electricity and alcohol-based fuels, with petroleum as only one element among many.
FFVs can be engineered to run on methanol and butanol, as well - alcohol-based fuels that, like ethanol, can be manufactured in quantity from abundant domestic sources.
So what about wearing face masks or using alcohol-based sanitizers?
Using an alcohol-based cleaner is the best way to get all of the bacteria, but it can strip off the oleophobic (oil resistant) coating found on many touchscreen devices.
The study used an older formula replaced last year with Purell Advanced, an alcohol-based product the company says is more effective at killing bacteria and even easier on the skin.
We have the option right now to require that new automobiles sold in this country be capable of using alcohol-based fuels like ethanol, methanol or butanol instead of or together with gasoline.
The least painful and most sensible would be to expand dramatically the availability and use of alcohol-based fuels and electricity as means of powering the transportation sector, where most of our oil is currently consumed.
For example, a federal requirement that new cars sold in America be capable of using methanol and ethanol, as well as gasoline, would create markets for such alcohol-based fuels and competition that will drive down gas prices.
Jesse Cozean, vice president of research and development at Innovative BioDefense, says it is true the company's test doesn't translate directly to real-life benefits but it does show the product is more likely to provide lasting protection than alcohol-based sanitizers.
At the very least, the predictable emergence of tens of millions of cars here and abroad that don't require gasoline will create a free market in various alcohol-based "Freedom Fuels" that are considerably less expensive to produce than gasoline at prices well below today's.
In the dimly lit bar, Courtenay, petite, energetic, dressed in black, animatedly explained her interest in the agave-based alcohol.
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In 2011, Mexico exported more than 163 million liters of the agave-based alcohol, up from 64 million in 1995.
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The guests are there to help raise money for scholarships to Caron Renaissance, a Florida-based drug and alcohol rehabilitation center.
Business negotiations in China have traditionally been conducted over meals accompanied by plenty of alcohol, and the fiery sorghum-based spirit baijiu remains a staple at state banquets and family reunions.
Last month, restaurants on the Pearl were instructed to suspend alcohol sales until further notice, according to a person familiar with the matter at Doha-based United Development Company, the real-estate developer that built the island.
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