The Advertising Specialty Institute® has announced that hand sanitizers now rival pens as one of the most popular logoed items that companies are giving away to clients and employees.

Indeed, searches of the key words “hand sanitizers” by promotional products distributors via the Advertising Specialty Institute’s promotional products database jumped 439% for the period between October 2009 and October 2008.

Only searches for pens—which for years have been the best-selling logoed product in the promotional products industry—were higher that period. In addition, searches for sanitizer products of all kinds jumped by triple digits this year. For more information, visit online at http://www.asicentral.com