Lupe Hernández hand sanitizer legend
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Lupe Hernández is an American nurse who, as a student nurse in 1966, invented the now ubiquitous hand sanitizer.[1]
Hernández invented the hand sanitizer while a student nurse in Bakersfield, California in 1966, discovering that a substance with 60-65% alcohol could become a cleanser without the need for water and soap.[2]
While little biographical information is available,[3] if alive, she should be in her mid-70s. It has also been reported the Lupe Hernandez is male, although the veracity of this claim cannot be verified. [4]
Nevertheless, there is no ascertainable information about even the existence of such Lupe Hernández and nobody has a record of such a patent file, so it looks like this story is nothing more than an urban legend. It has no documental support even in Bakersfield Museum[5].
References
- ^ Barton, Laura (13 May 2012). "Hand sanitisers: saved by the gel?". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
- ^ "Lupe Hernandez, la mujer que inventó el alcohol en gel". RFI. 18 March 2020. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
- ^ "Mujeres Bacanas | Lupe Hernández". Mujeres Bacanas (in Spanish). 23 March 2020. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
- ^ "Is Lupe H Hernandez inventor of hand sanitizer still alive?". Answers.com. 19 October 2012. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
- ^ "Lupe Hernandez and the Invention of Hand Sanitizer | Joyce Bedi". LEMELSON CENTER for the Study of Invention and Innovation. 23 March 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2020.