[Rich Grise]

On Fri, 05 Oct 2007 17:09:37 -0700, William Sommerwerck wrote:
"Rich Grise" wrote in message
On Thu, 04 Oct 2007 19:11:18 -0700, Lumpy wrote:
Dave Platt wrote:

Both effects are beneficial, of course. I believe that soapy
water provides both forms of protection... it'll help remove
much of the virus load, and denature much of what's left
on the skin.

The primary means of disenfecting the hands of surgeons
and nurses scrubbing in the OR is the physical act of
"scrubbing" and "flooding" with water.

There was a time when surgeons washed with pHisohex. The hexachlorophene
(supposedly) sticks to the skin and provides residual, continuing
antibacterial action.

I was once at the medical hobby shop[1] on some air base, and some
guy came in and asked for some Phisohex; the nurse guy at the
counter said, "Oh, that's just hexachlorophene; it's the same
thing used in some OTC "deodorant" soap that I don't remember
the name of."

Cheers!
Rich
[1] That's the popular term on air bases for the base hospital -
all the workers there are GIs too, you know. ;-)