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Kwon Aeri's friendly economy starts. Reporter Kwon, today (29th) is a hand sanitizer that you can see wherever you go. Are there any things to keep in mind when purchasing?

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Yes. Some people use products that cannot be confident of disinfection. Or, it is very common these days that you wash your hands several times a day with products that are not intended for use in the human body.

In the first case, the product itself comes out to be misunderstood by consumers. Of the 613 products sold by the Korea Consumer Agency on the market, 17 have been identified as misleading by consumers.

As a typical example, this product was clearly sold in English under the name Hand Washer, and if you read the product description, it is a disinfectant disinfectant. It is not a product that is permitted to be used on the human body.

And this product is the same, and it is written that it can be used to wash your hands or even wash your nose or mouth with this. It's not possible. It is dangerous.

In Korea, this has not been the case, but it has often been reported by foreigners in the United States and abroad, when misused disinfectants were taken to hospitals.

It may not cause such a big accident to wash your hands with a disinfectant that is used for things, but it can cause problems such as skin problems.

In particular, it is made of mucous membrane like the product you just saw, and you can use it in your mouth or nose, which you can then eat. This can be very dangerous.

Once the products caught this time have been stopped or the display was changed, consumers are advised to be wary of consumers.

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Actually, at a glance, "This is not. This is correct." It's not easy to tell like this, but let me know how you can tell them easily.

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most obvious way is to look at this one carefully when buying a product. No matter what the title or product name says, first forget about the big letters and the letters in front.

View the product manual on the container. Check the items there. We are looking for a 'hand sanitizer' that says 'Quasi-drug' in the product description. You should have the word quasi-drug.

Disinfectants, such as biocidal products or disinfectants or devices, also labeled as food additives, are not released to wash your hands if these words are written. They are used in dishes, furniture, vehicles, and homes.

And there are hand cleaners. Cosmetics. This may have a problem with cleaning power, it is a product that does not need to be washed with water and is not suitable for hand sanitization.

This is a bit confusing, but the hand sanitizer is a quasi-drug product that has a sterilizing effect and can be used on the human body. It is not washed out with water, but it is safely disinfected to the human body.

However, hand sanitizer that does not need to be washed similarly does not guarantee its sterilizing effect. It is different from soap. Soap is also a detergent.

But the soap is washed with water. This has a definite sterilization effect. In fact, the best thing to prevent corona infections is to wash them thoroughly with soapy running water.

[Hyun Sung Yoon / Head of Korea Consumer Resource Risk Management Team: Hand soap in the form of water soap is a product that has a function of reducing bacteria due to the effect of washing with water, and can be used to eradicate viruses. But using ethanol as an ingredient, there's a gel-type product that is to wash the recent water to have been sold on the market, the product has received a quasi-authorized will not be able to guarantee the pharmaceutical efficacy of disinfection.]

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Issues Reporter After listening to the story, there are a lot of things that I don't know. I think this is the case, but there are cases where the information in the store or online mall is a little confusing, right?

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Yes. In fact, they are often. If you see. This is actually mine. "Please give me a hand sanitizer," at an offline store where I sell a lot of cosmetics. This is the product I received.

Actually, I haven't seen the product description, but I've been using it to wash my hands just as I was told by the clerk. By the way, there is no telling me to wash my hands with this.

There are only clothes and bedding, and items are made of deodorant and disinfectant. I haven't had a big problem with my hand yet, but it's not because of the product if I keep using it and I have skin problems or problems.

Ad phrases such as 'with pure water' and 'reliable' are written, but this does not mean that they can be used on the body.

In fact, clerks often don't know what the anchor said. So, as a consumer, it is a good idea to check the items in the product description once.

One tip is that these spray types on the market are usually spray-type, and products that are usually spray-type are usually disinfectants. It is not intended for human permission. Non-pharmaceutical hand sanitizers are usually available in gel type.

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important to remember that hand sanitizers can wash away viruses better than hand sanitizers. That's it.