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PureHands

The constituents of PureHands possess antiseptic and antimicrobial properties, which are beneficial in eradication of harmful microorganisms. Moreover, PureHands has moisturizing and deodorant actions.

Usage

Squeeze approximately 0.5 ml (coin-sized drop) of the gel on your palms. Rub well over the palms, back of hands, fingernails and grooves briskly, until dry. No water required after use.

Indication

Cleansing hands for general maintenance of hygiene.

Presentation

Available in 50ml pack.

Recommendations
To general public (people in general)  
· For routine cleaning of hands
· During travel or after using public transport
· Before and after attending to a sick person
· Before eating or handling food
· Before use of contact lenses
· After contact with surfaces in public places
· After using the washroom/toilet
· After touching raw meat, poultry or fish
· After handling pets
· After handling garbage/waste
To mothers
· Before touching the baby
· Before feeding the baby
· Before and after diapering the baby
· Before playing with or cuddling the baby
· After sneezing or coughing (when ill)
· After using the washroom/toilet
To children
· After playing outside
· After playing with pets
· After coming from school
· After sneezing or coughing (when ill)
· After using the washroom/toilet
To patients
· Bacterial infections like typhoid, tuberculosis,
   meningitis, and a wide range of gram-positive
   and gram-negative infections
· Viral infections like chicken pox, herpes,
   infective hepatitis, measles, mumps, etc.
· Skin infections like molluscum contagiosum,
   scabies and fungal infections
· Food-borne diseases like amebiasis, infective
   gastroenteritis and other acute diarrheal
   diseases
· Common cold, URTI, conjunctivitis, etc.
To doctors/nurses
· Before and after having physical contact with
   patients (e.g., when checking pulse, BP and
   other examinational procedures)
· Before wearing sterile gloves, when inserting
   catheters or other invasive devices
· Before moving from a contaminated site to a
   clean site during patient care
· After contact with body fluids or excretions,
   mucous membranes, non-intact skin and
   wound dressings, if hands are not visibly
   soiled
· After contact with inanimate objects (including
   medical equipment) in the immediate vicinity of
   the patient
· After removing gloves
  To hospitals/nursing homes
  · Reduces transmission of hospital-acquired
   pathogens
· Results in decreased infection rates
 
Research Papers
Total no. of papers Clinical Papers Experimental Papers
7 7 0
 
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Composition
Each ml of PureHands gel contains:
Exts. Hrivera (Coleus vettiveroides) 60 mg
  Dhanyaka (Coriandrum sativum) 60 mg
  Nimbuka (Citrus limon) 60 mg
  Ushira (Vetiveria zizanioides) 60 mg
  Nimba (Azadirachta indica) 60 mg
Processed in:  
  Prasanna (Rectified spirit, Ethyl Alcohol) 60%
     
 
 
 
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