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Alcohol-based hand sanitisers as first line of defence against SARS-CoV-2: a review of biology, chemistry and formulations
- Source :
- Epidemiology and Infection
- Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- The pandemic due to Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has emerged as a serious global public health issue. Since the start of the outbreak, the importance of hand-hygiene and respiratory protection to prevent the spread of the virus has been the prime focus for infection control. Health regulatory organisations have produced guidelines for the formulation of hand sanitisers to the manufacturing industries. This review summarises the studies on alcohol-based hand sanitisers and their disinfectant activity against SARS-CoV-2 and related viruses. The literature shows that the type and concentration of alcohol, formulation and nature of product, presence of excipients, applied volume, contact time and viral contamination load are critical factors that determine the effectiveness of hand sanitisers.
- Subjects :
- 0301 basic medicine
medicine.medical_specialty
Alcohol rubs
Contact time
Epidemiology
First line
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
viruses
Hand Sanitizers
030106 microbiology
Pneumonia, Viral
Review
encapsulated viruses
Biology
03 medical and health sciences
Betacoronavirus
0302 clinical medicine
hand sanitiser
Pandemic
medicine
Infection control
Humans
030212 general & internal medicine
Intensive care medicine
Pandemics
Chemistry
SARS-CoV-2
Public health
Critical factors
COVID-19
Coronavirus
isopropanol
Infectious Diseases
Alcohols
ethanol
Viral contamination
Coronavirus Infections
Drug Contamination
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14694409
- Volume :
- 148
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Epidemiology and infection
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....a9b25e1c4b03f17541af6ee139f0ace2