I stopped by a Target and two Albertsons on the way home tonight. All the stores were totally sold out of hand sanitizer. I also looked on Amazon, and much like N95 masks, prices were super high as third-party vendors were engaged in price gouging. For example, an 8 oz bottle of Purell hand sanitizer that normally sells for $2.99 is going for $49 for two. That’s a 750% increase in prices.
Like the extra surgical masks, I got a few bottles of hand sanitizer from my PD nurse a few months ago. I was supposed to wash my hands with Dial antibacterial soap, then apply Purell hand sanitizer before connecting and disconnecting the PD catheter. All together, I think I have about four bottles of hand sanitizer and about four boxes of surgical masks. I bought some more antibacterial soap and some hand sanitizer wipes in case the coronavirus pandemic blows up.
We have huge bottles of hand sanitizer at work in each bathroom and also in the mother’s nursing rooms. I wonder how long before some employee steals them.
Life with chronic diseases 