When tending to my newts/sals (feeding, removing waste, misting, etc), what should I use to disinfect my hands between the enclosures as to not spread anything around or cross contaminate? Hand sanitizer? Antibacterial soap? Something else? What will be good to disinfect my hands, but not harm the animals?
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Disinfecting between enclosures?
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JoshBA
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I just rinse my hands with really hot water.
Hand sanitizer should work well, as its just alcohol so will evaporate pretty quickly (although you still should rinse your hands under water after this to remove any possible residue).
Hand sanitizer should work well, as its just alcohol so will evaporate pretty quickly (although you still should rinse your hands under water after this to remove any possible residue).
Jan
Site Contributor
Soap and water with hands well rinsed. Use of separate equipment is advisable if it comes in contact with the animal(s) or their environment. If the enclosures are in the same room, there will be some degree of potential air-borne contamination.
evut
Active member
General advice about hand washing is that the most important thing is to really scrub them for several minutes, the choice of product doesn't matter as much. Just make sure you use a good hand cream after you finish with the animals, otherwise such hand washing can really damage your skin.
Jan
Site Contributor
If you are handling the animal and worried about cross contamination to another enclosure/animal, you can use well-rinsed vinyl non-powdered gloves and discard after each use. Latex and other types of disposable gloves may not be suitable: http://www.caudata.org/forum/f1173-...57402-disposable-gloves-toxic-amphibians.html
For hand washing Eva is right. It doesn't matter what product you use. What matters is the mechanical action of scrubbing that removes microbes. Lather and scrub all hand surfaces including between fingers, back of hands, wrists, under nails, etc. for a minimum of 20 seconds.
Kaysie
Site Contributor
As long as it contains no added ingredients and you allow it to dry fully, it should be fine.
JoshBA
Member
I think hand sanitizer without the extra fragrance smell would be fine.
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