No, these aren’t “plastic bras for travel” as Peter Jones put it. This is the RBR legflow from Paul Westerman’s company RBR Active, a medical device aimed at preventing Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT). Westerman went away happy tonight, successfully securing Suleyman’s cash for a 35 per cent share of the business.

It is easy to find recipes for homemade hand sanitizer. However, just because you can do something doesn’t mean you should. Reasons for not mixing up a batch of homemade hand sanitizer include: It is, and they can definitely use hand sanitiser as a way of protecting themselves against germs. Of course, washing with soap and water for 20 seconds is more effective but a hand sanitiser is a great way for them to cleanse their hands between washes and throughout the day. If you have too much alcohol in your homemade hand sanitizer, there is a risk that you will damage your skin, especially with repeated use. If the bowls, spoons, and measuring cups you use to make the hand sanitizer are not sterile, you’ll introduce germs to the mixture. These germs can then be spread on your hand when you use the hand sanitizer. Hand sanitizers usually contain alcohols that have been FDA approved for topical use. Such products usually contain ethanol (ethyl alcohol), isopropanol (isopropyl alcohol), or benzalkonium chloride (a detergent). Most of the time, the risk of hand sanitizer exposure was not considered more dangerous than exposure to other sources of alcohol in a child's environment. All alcohol-containing products such as beer, wine, liquor, rubbing alcohol, mouthwash, facial toner, or hair tonics that contain alcohol should be stored out of sight and out of reach of children.Diving through The Independent archives, it appears Westerman actually wrote an article for the travel section about how to prevent DVT a couple of years ago.

Some doctors say it’s fine to use hand sanitizers on babies, while other doctors disagree, saying it’s not safe. You can ask your pediatrician to weigh in on your baby’s usage of it since they know your baby’s health history. Or, you can opt to skip it for your baby and focus on handwashing only.We know you might be wondering “Why not an alcohol-based hand sanitiser?” Well, kids have a habit of putting their hands in their mouths at every given opportunity. And ingesting this sanitiser can cause poisoning. As guardians and parents, it’s within our natural instinct to keep our kids protected always, whether they’re right by our side, a foot away, or as far as a thousand miles away. But with the novel coronavirus still out there and kids returning to school, there’s only so much we can do. However, by taking the right precautions such as choosing an alcohol-free hand sanitiser , disinfecting their stationery sets, and providing them with a good nose mask. Dispense and supervise the application of hand sanitizer until you can be sure your child will not: It’s easy to leave potentially dangerous traces of ingredients, or the final product, around your home when you’re mixing it up. This makes it easier for the homemade hand sanitizer to be ingested.