In 1946, Goldie and Jerry Lippman founded GOJO in Akron, Ohio. During World War II both worked in a rubber factory where carbon, tar and graphite are difficult to remove from the hands of the employees. Together with Professor Clarence Cook of the Kent State University, Goldie and Jerry developed GOJO Hand Sanitizer which they sold to their fellow and other rubber workers. In the year 1950, a liquid soap dispenser was invented by GOJO. This dispenser is used to distribute their product in limited portions. This is the output after comprehending the reason why most buyers thought the product was too lavish. They realized that these people are using much more than what was really needed to sanitize their hands. In 1952, Jerry Lipmann requested a copyright for this new invention, the so called portion-limiting dispenser. Pfizer has attained the exclusive privilege to sell Purell in the market worldwide in 2004 while retaining the rights of GOJO industries to industrial markets. Later, on June 26, 2006, Pfizer Consumer Health care division was obtained by Johnson & Johnson and still agreed to give the retaining rights to GOJO industries.
Hand sanitizers had been widely used in most instances nowadays. It is very essential to sanitize our hands, anytime and in any place. Even from the kitchen or bathroom, at school, day care or work, after handling money or changing diapers, even when going camping or before drive thru meals, or in any place that we cannot wash and soap and water is also unavailable.

To give consumers the advantage to economize the use of hand sanitizer, GOJO industries formulated the Gojo NXT Purell Instant Hand Sanitizer Refill. This is packed in easy to load sanitary no leak fill up pouches making refills easy to handle and store. Because of the easy hand sanitizer refill, hand sanitizers can be used as replacement when soap and water are not available. It helps lessen the risk of health care procured illness. It dries up quickly and has no sticky filtrate. It leaves hands with a feeling of softness and replenishment. Skin irritation which is due to recurrent hand washing and gloving is also reduced using this one. Consumer will also get a fresh dispensing valve on every refill.

Foam Hand Sanitizer refill is the most economical in the market today. Foam Hand Sanitizer dispenses 0.7ml of rich foam while liquid sanitizer dishes out 1.5ml. It is also non flammable therefore storage could not be an issue. It swells better than liquid and kills roughly 99.99% germs though its alcohol free. Wasteful oozing valve is not an obstacle because of the dispensing contrivance way up. Because of its ADA compliant push pad, it only needs the use of only one hand even less than 5 pounds of pressure to distribute the foam. Moisturizers included in the ingredients are designed to leave the hands refreshed and soft. Since the products are non-flammable and non hazardous, shipping is not a glitch.

Though both liquid and foam sanitizer offers their own convenience in terms of packaging and refills, both are efficient tool to drive away germs and bacteria that might give us infections that may eventually lead to death.