About the Authors

Clyde S. Manuel

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

ManuelC@GOJO.Com

Affiliation GOJO Industries, Inc., Akron, Ohio, United States of America

Dawn J. Yeomans

Roles Data curation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation GOJO Industries, Inc., Akron, Ohio, United States of America

Jessica A. Williams

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation GOJO Industries, Inc., Akron, Ohio, United States of America

Christopher Fricker

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation GOJO Industries, Inc., Akron, Ohio, United States of America

Kaury Kucera

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Valisure, LLC, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

David Light

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Valisure, LLC, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

James W. Arbogast

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation GOJO Industries, Inc., Akron, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal’s policy and have the following competing interests: KK and DL are paid employees of Valisure LLC. CM, DY, JW, CF, and JA are paid employees of GOJO Industries. The sealed dispenser refills of alcohol-based hand sanitizer used in evaporation experiments are marketed products of GOJO Industries. There are no patents, products in development or other marketed products associated with this research to declare. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.