Safety instructions
Risk:
Keep away from heat, hot surfaces, sparks, open flames and other ignition sources. No smoking. Keep container tightly closed. IF IN EYES: Rinse cautiously with water for several minutes. Remove contact lenses, if present and easy to do. Continue rinsing. If eye irritation persists: Get medical advice/ attention. Dispose of contents/container to nur vollständig entleert dem Recycling Keep out of reach of children. Causes serious eye irritation. Highly flammable liquid and vapour.
Ballistol hand disinfectant - laboratory-tested quality and proven effectiveness for professional and private users.
Ready-to-use, highly effective alcoholic antiseptic for hygienic and surgical hand disinfection (according to VAH methods, EN 1500 and EN 12791). Can be used in all areas of human hygiene. Very good skin compatibility with frequent use.
We have been producing disinfectants for hospitals, pharmacies and doctors' surgeries for more than 10 years. We are licensed as a pharmaceutical manufacturer and produce under the guidelines of GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice - more information here). Every batch is tested and approved in our in-house laboratory. This fulfills the GLP approval (Good Laboratory Practice - more information here). Ballistol hand disinfectant is an approved biocidal product (N-90386) and is not subject to the general ruling of the BAuA (Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health) or a time limit. Due to the professional, pharmaceutical production method, additives such as hydrogen peroxide can be dispensed with.
Spectrum of action:
- particularly skin-friendly and moisturizing
- has a bactericidal effect
- fungicidal (yeast)
- has a virucidal effect (enveloped viruses e.g. influenza viruses, coronavirus)
- Ethanol 80% (V/V)
- also for commercial use
- Hygienic hand disinfection (effective according to EN 1500 - 30 sec.)
- Surgical hand disinfection (effective according to EN 12791 - 90 sec.)
- the 500 ml and 1000 ml bottles are compatible with corresponding commercially available Euro dispenser systems
What makes a good disinfectant?
- It causes the cell death of pathogens and is germicidal (bactericidal / fungicidal)
- Makes viruses harmless (virucidal)
- Is particularly kind to the skin
- To ensure that these optimum conditions are met, ethanol-based disinfectants must contain 80% of the active ingredient or 70% in the case of isopropyl alcohol or isopropanol (IPA for short). A different dosage is significantly less effective against pathogens or viruses. The base of the disinfectant also determines the characteristic odor. A moisturizing additive is recommended to improve skin compatibility when used very frequently.
When should you use disinfectants?
A disinfectant does not replace basic hand hygiene by washing with soap. Furthermore, there are no fixed rules. Whenever you are in a situation in which the threat of pathogens has a negative impact on your personal well-being, it is advisable to use a disinfectant. However, this line is blurred. The diarrhea of a household member may make this just as necessary as a global pandemic.
The best results are achieved by washing your hands thoroughly with soap and then disinfecting them with Ballistol hand sanitizer.
However, this ideal situation is not always the case:
Take shopping, for example: shopping carts, deposit machines and packaged goods that have been touched by different people and, last but not least, the payment terminal offer many transmission routes. Since there is no opportunity to wash your hands here, disinfect your hands on site and wash them thoroughly again at home.
Example of local public transport: grab handles are for your safety during the journey. Doors usually open automatically, but sometimes have to be activated by pressing a button. The same applies here: Disinfect on the spot and wash thoroughly with soap at the next opportunity.