Skin care & skin hygiene: Products for reliable hand hygiene

Gentle, reliable skin care and hand hygiene are essential for stressed and strained skin. Protection against infections is becoming increasingly important. However, regular hand disinfection or wearing disposable gloves can also be stressful for the skin. To prevent cracked and dry skin, we recommend moisturizing disinfectants that are gentle on sensitive skin, as well as gentle skin care products for dry, cracked skin. We offer products from our own RUCK brand, as well as from brand manufacturers such as Paul Hartmann, Schülke, Saraya, and Ecolab.

Hand disinfection: How does it damage the skin?

Even before the coronavirus pandemic, hand disinfection played an important role in skin hygiene and disease prevention. Hand disinfection is part of everyday professional life, especially in medical and cosmetic professions. Since hand hygiene reduces and prevents the spread of pathogens and germs, careful disinfection of the skin and hands is an important aspect of health.

Proper skin care is just as important as hand disinfection. Regular disinfection can strip the skin of important oils. This impairs the skin's natural acid mantle. The result is dry or irritated skin that is more susceptible to germs. Therefore, use gentle, skin-friendly disinfectants and rich skin care products.

Choosing the right skin care products

Whether to prevent skin irritation or treat dry skin, choosing the right skin care products supports reliable hand hygiene without unpleasant side effects. Skin care products ensure that the acid mantle regenerates more quickly and moisturize the skin. This is particularly important when using disinfectants regularly. In the medical field, they are used before, during, and after work to strengthen the skin in the long term.

When looking for suitable skin care products, you can choose between different types. Skin care products are generally available in the following variants:

• Creams: Creams are generally divided into lipophilic and non-washable creams. Moisturizing hydrophilic creams are particularly recommended for dry skin. These form a protective film that moisturizes and protects against dehydration. This allows the skin to regenerate noticeably.
• Skin care lotions: Compared to skin protection creams and ointments, lotions have a higher water content. This makes them easy to apply over large areas of skin. They are quickly absorbed and usually do not leave a greasy film. However, for very stressed skin, it is recommended to use creams instead of lotions, as a lasting oily film promotes regeneration. Please note that, according to the hygiene plan, a protective cream should be applied before starting work and a skin care lotion should be applied during and at the end of the working day.

Choosing the right hand sanitizer

Since soaps can also strip the skin of its natural oils, they can be easily replaced with skin-friendly natural soap or our skin wash lotion, which has a hand-friendly pH value and a nourishing effect.

Since reliable and standard-compliant disinfectants must cover a broad spectrum of effectiveness to ward off germs, viruses, and bacteria, it is important to strike the perfect balance between effective disinfection and gentle application. It is important to ensure that the disinfection covers the expected spectrum of pathogens (limited virucidal, limited virucidal plus, or virucidal). We recommend products with a moisturizing care complex and skin-friendly, hygienic application, such as hand disinfectant, the skin and hand disinfectant gel and the hand disinfectant are recommended.

Products for skin care and hand disinfection should offer these properties

Whether for medical use or for everyday use for better skin hygiene, high-quality skin care and disinfectants should have the following properties if possible:

• Skin-friendly ingredients
• Moisturizing effect
• Replenishing ingredients
• Skin-friendly pH value
• Free from colorants and perfumes
• For disinfection: bactericidal, fungicidal, virucidal, limited virucidal, virucidal plus
• Dermatologically tested

Reliable skin hygiene & hand hygiene at HELLMUT RUCK

In our online shop, you will find a wide range of high-quality products for hand and skin hygiene – from skin-friendly and effective disinfectants to gentle hand lotions with a skin-friendly pH value. Discover our wide range of high-quality own-brand products and products from our retail brand partners Paul Hartmann, Schülke, Ecolab, and Saraya, which offer excellent value for money.