HEROES’™ Hand Sanitizer – DISCONTINUED

The HEROES’ product is 80% ethanol, not isopropyl based.

IPA is also known as Isopropyl Alcohol and Isopropanol. IPA is a three-carbon chain length secondary alcohol.

Ethanol is a two-carbon chain length primary alcohol. The carbon chain lengths and positioning of the alcohol impact the evaporation rate, solvency, and odor of each product. IPA dries faster and has a rubbing alcohol smell. IPA also has a stronger solvency due to the three-carbon chain length and positioning of the alcohol. Ethanol has a sweet smell and is easier on the skin. (National Library of Medicine, 2020) (source: https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/Ethanol and source: https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/Isopropanol).

The reason for the different percentages is due to the solvency powers of the alcohols. There is a greater ethanol percentage than IPA percentage in their respective formulas because ethanol is not as powerful as IPA. Both formulas are proven effective by the World Health Organization and approved by the Food & Drug Administration in the battle against COVID-19.

This product is made under the W.H.O. directives. Other products that are ‘thicker’ have extra inert ingredients that do nothing for sanitization and are hard for the W.H.O. to mandate as there are too many to list. Therefore, the W.H.O. made only active ingredients part of the formulas. That means the HEROES’ customer is only paying for and using active ingredients.

All W.H.O. approved products must have a date printed on the bottle to meet guidelines. The shelf life of the bottle changes when it is opened.

1. Unopened: 2 years from the date of manufacturing (see Julian date code on bottle)
2. Opened: 90 days from the day bottle is opened.

If you would like to know when your bottle was produced, the stamped production code on the bottle can tell you when the bottle was produced. The first five digits of the number indicate YYDDD, with YY indicating the last two digits of the year of production and DDD representing the number of the day of that year of production. For example, a production code of 12272-73995-10:30 indicates the bottle was produced on September 28, 2012. September 28th was the 272nd day in the year 2012. (Julian Day calendar)

Our product is run in an FDA registered facility using W.H.O. guidelines. There are many products on the market that may not be following those strict guidelines.

When reviewing products, look at their label to make sure it meets W.H.O. guidelines as well as review their Safety Data Sheet (SDS). The FDA has released guidelines for running product in facilities that normally do not run sanitizing products.

FDA Guidelines

HEROES’ comes in many forms depending on when you purchased and what bottle and caps we had available.

32oz Bottle – To use, remove the smaller cap and squeeze the bottle. Squeeze a small amount of liquid into the chamber and pour on hands. Rub in thoroughly until liquid is dry.

How to use our 32oz bottle

12oz & 16oz Bottle – To use, press down on one side of the cap and the other side will pop up. Gently squeeze the bottle until desired amount of liquid has been dispensed.

NDC is for actual drugs and is not needed for this W.H.O. approved formula.

Our initial runs of product did not have scent due to following strict W.H.O. regulations mandate the specific chemicals that can be added. As time progressed the W.H.O. guidelines have become more clear. Although adding a scent (fragrance) is not recommended by W.H.O., it is not prohibited. Adding a fragrance can lessen the impact of smell with an ethyl alcohol-based hand sanitizing formula such as HEROES’. Therefore, runs after the date of May 8, 2020 will have a subtle fragrance added.

Produced in an open-air environment and not in a controlled laboratory, small batch setting.

The product did not go through an autoclave process. Autoclave is a process of sterilization that utilizes steam/heat to purify, then those items must be sealed and bagged. The W.H.O. process mandates hydrogen peroxide to assure the product does not grow bacteria.

We are limited on the types of dispensing caps at this point due to supply chain restrictions. If you have an existing FDA formula product with a different dispensing cap you can use our product to refill that container. The majority of sprayers and pumps come from China. That supply chain is compromised. When the supply chain corrects, and pumps and sprayers become plentiful again we will change our deliverable.