A HAND SANITIZER (2) COMPRISES: (A) A FIRST PART COMPRISING A CHLORITE IN AN ALCOHOLIC MEDIUM HAVING A FIRST FOAM PROMOTER DISSOLVED THEREIN AND CONTAINED IN A FIRST FOAM DISPENSER (4) WHEREBY IT IS DISPENSED AS A FIRST FOAM; AND (B) A SECOND PART WHICH COMPRISES AN ACID IN AN ALCOHOLIC MEDIUM WHICH HAS A SECOND FOAM PROMOTER DISSOLVED THEREIN AND WHICH IS CONTAINED IN A SECOND FOAM DISPENSER (6) WHEREBY IT IS DISPENSED AS A SECOND FOAM; WHEREIN THE CHLORITE AND THE ACID WILL REACT TO PROVIDE CHLORINE DIOXIDE WHEN THE FIRST FOAM IS MIXED WITH THE SECOND FOAM; AND WHEREIN A MIXTURE (18) OF EQUAL QUANTITIES OF THE FIRST PART AND THE SECOND PART CONTAINS AT LEAST 50% ALCOHOL BY WEIGHT. FIGURE 2