The complete facts about Dial Complete® clean:
  • The Dial Complete® patented formula is over 1,000 times more effective at killing disease-causing germs than other antibacterial liquid hand soaps. It also rinses cleaner than other soaps and kills 99.99% of bacteria.
  • IT EXCEEDS THE FDA’s current OTC drug monograph standard for germ kill effectiveness for healthcare hand wash.
  • It’s antibacterial AND antimicrobial - to kill bacteria and certain strains of yeast.
  • Dial Complete® is as effective at killing germs as hand soaps used in hospitals. But it's gentle enough for care for even the youngest hands.
  • Dial Complete® was also rated better on clean rinsing, requiring 50% less water than other leading liquid hand soaps.

Dial® Antibacterial Products Do NOT Increase The Risk of Antimicrobial Resistance.

What’s the difference between “antibacterial” products from Dial® and “antibiotic” drugs?
  • Antibiotic drugs, such as penicillin, target single specific bacterial functions, targeting specific bacteria rather than a broad spectrum, and are used at extremely low levels (< 10 ppm) due to toxicity. Antibiotics can develop resistance genes.
  • Antibacterial products, such as Dial Complete® Antibacterial Foaming Hand Wash, target broad-spectrum activity against many bacteria and functions and have safety levels many times higher than antibiotics.

Can bacteria become resistant? Are people more susceptible to sickness? The answer: NO
  • The FDA and European Union, after extensive studies over 10 years, have concluded that there is no convincing evidence that the antibacterial ingredient used in Dial® liquid soaps poses a risk to humans or to the environment by inducing or transmitting antibacterial resistance under current conditions of use. (Eu-SCCP, 2002, 2006).
  • A large study done by the University of Iowa from 1990 to 2000, which compared the resistance of bacteria against the antibacterial ingredient used in Dial® liquid soaps, found no difference in resistance patterns.
  • Peer reviewed scientific research has consistently shown that the susceptibility of bacteria to antibacterial ingredients has not changed over at least the last 10 years.
  • The susceptibility of bacteria from people who use antibacterial products is no different than from those people who do not.
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