COMPANION™ Hand Sanitizer Comparison

January 11, 2023

COMPANION™ Hand Sanitizer is an alcohol-based foaming sanitizer highly recommended for use by production personnel and veterinary staff. It utilizes an unscented, rich foam that dries instantly, helping to leave no residue behind.

Key features include:

  • Kills 99.9% of harmful bacteria in less than 30 seconds
  • Dries instantly, leaving behind no sticky residue
  • Nondrying formulation, encouraging more frequent use
  • Easy-to-use in one simple step
  • Helps reduce cross-contamination
  • Hospital level protection
  • Compatible with Neogen®’s Foaming Automated Dispenser

When compared to a generic gel hand sanitizer, COMPANION dried 30% faster and averaged 150 uses per 7 oz, vs. 80 uses the generic gel allowed. The thick foam also provided a clean dry finish, as opposed to the gel which left sticky residue behind.

COMPANION Hand Sanitizer is best suited for those moving from farm to farm, room to room, and building to building.

 

Video Transcript

TITLE CARD: COMPANION™ Hand Sanitizer Foaming Hand Sanitizer Demonstration & Comparison

[Music]

[Two containers of comparable size: one of generic gel sanitizer and one of Neogen's COMPANION Hand Sanitizer.]

SUPERIMPOSE: Generic Gel Based Hand Sanitizer VS. COMPANION Foaming Hand Sanitizer

[A distant view of the two containers.]

SUPERIMPOSE: Drying Time:

[Hands pick up the COMPANION Foaming Hand Sanitizer and dispenses 2 pumps of foam. The hands sit down the bottle and begin rubbing. A digital clock appears with a timer. Timer stops and the hands wave around showing that the foam has dried.]

SUPERIMPOSE: COMPANION 00:32:02

[Hands pick up the generic gel hand sanitizer and dispenses 2 pumps of the gel. The hands sit down the bottle and begin rubbing. A digital clock appears with a timer. Timer stops and the hands stop rubbing when dried. The hands rub fingers together noting stickiness and pick up a paper towel and wipes the residue from the hands.]

SUPERIMPOSE: Generic Gel 00:43:37 33% longer

[Hands pick up the COMPANION Foaming Hand Sanitizer and dispenses 2 pumps of foam. The hands sit down the bottle and begin rubbing. A digital clock appears with a timer. Timer stops and the hands wave around showing that the foam has dried.]

[Two containers of comparable size: one of generic gel sanitizer and one of Neogen's COMPANION Hand Sanitizer. Hands pump 1 pump of each into each hand and holds the hands ut to compare.]

SUPERIMPOSE: Generic Gel - COMPANION

SUPERIMPOSE: Viscosity

SUPERIMPOSE: Generic Gel - Thin & Runny

SUPERIMPOSE: COMPANION - Thick & Firm

[Hand with 1 pump of COMPANION Foaming Hand Sanitizer turns upside-down over the hand holding the generic gel to show that the foam does not fall or run.]

[Hand with 1 pump of generic gel hand sanitizer turns upside-down over the hand with COMPANION Foaming Hand Sanitizer to show that the gel runs and falls out of the hand.]

[Two glass bowls are shown on a table with the dispensers of hand sanitizer over them. The generic gel container ready to pump into the lefthand bowl and the COMPANION Foaming Hand Sanitizer container ready to pump into the righthand bowl.]

SUPERIMPOSE: Pumps Per Bottle:

[The hands begin pumping the dispensers and numbers below the bowls count the number of pumps.]

SUPERIMPOSE: [under the bowl holding the generic gel] 80

SUPERIMPOSE: [under the bowl holding the COMPANION Foaming Hand Sanitizer] 150

[Two containers of comparable size: one of generic gel sanitizer and one of Neogen's COMPANION Hand Sanitizer.]

SUPERIMPOSE:Generic Gel: Slower dry time, sticky residue, wasteful runny fluid, ~80 uses per 7oz

SUPERIMPOSE: COMPANION: Dries 30% faster, clean dry finish, thick efficient foam, ~150 uses per 7oz

TITLE CARD: COMPANION™ Hand Sanitizer Foaming Hand Sanitizer. CDC recommended for COVID-19. Kills 99.9% of harmful bacteria. Unique foaming formula for no drips. Leaves no residue. Will not dry skin with frequent use. 150 uses per container.

TITLE CARD: 1.800.621.8829

TITLE CARD: Neogen.com


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