Hand Sanitizer For Disinfection

Authors

  • Kumar Raja Jayavarapu Professor & Principal, Mother Teresa Pharmacy College, Kothuru, Sathupally, Khammam (dist), Telangana -50703.
  • D. Praveen Kumar Scholar, Mother Teresa Pharmacy College, Kothuru, Sathupally, Khammam (dist), Telangana -50703.
  • P. Karunakar Scholar, Mother Teresa Pharmacy College, Kothuru, Sathupally, Khammam (dist), Telangana -50703.
  • Ch. Gowthami Scholar, Mother Teresa Pharmacy College, Kothuru, Sathupally, Khammam (dist), Telangana -50703.
  • K. Myna Scholar, Mother Teresa Pharmacy College, Kothuru, Sathupally, Khammam (dist), Telangana -50703.
  • S. Vasu Scholar, Mother Teresa Pharmacy College, Kothuru, Sathupally, Khammam (dist), Telangana -50703.
  • Sk. Naseema Scholar, Mother Teresa Pharmacy College, Kothuru, Sathupally, Khammam (dist), Telangana -50703.

Keywords:

hand sanitizer, hand disinfectants, infection control

Abstract

Hand hygiene is the most important as it may be contaminated easily from direct contact with airborne microorganism droplets from coughs and sneezes. Especially, in situations like pandemic outbreak, it is crucial to interrupt the transmission chain of the virus, bacteria by the practice of regular hand sanitization. It can be achieved with contact isolation and strict infection control tools like supporting good hand hygiene in hospital settings and in public. The success of the hand sanitization uniquely depends on the use of effective hand disinfecting agents formulated in various types and their mechanism of action such as water-based or alcohol-based hand sanitizer and non-water based or non-alcohol based hand sanitizer with the latter being widely used in hospital settings. Till date, most of the effective hand sanitizer products are alcohol-based formulations containing 62%–95% of alcohol as it can denature the proteins of microbes and the ability to inactivate viruses, bacteria. This systematic review correlated with the data and it will investigate the range of available hand sanitizers and their effectiveness as well as the formulation aspects, adverse effects, efficiency and safety. Further, this article highlights the efficacy of alcohol-based hand sanitizer, non- alcohol based hand sanitizer against the coronavirus.

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Published

2024-10-29

How to Cite

Kumar Raja Jayavarapu, D. Praveen Kumar, P. Karunakar, Ch. Gowthami, K. Myna, S. Vasu, & Sk. Naseema. (2024). Hand Sanitizer For Disinfection. IJPAR JOURNAL, 13(4), 564–568. Retrieved from https://ijpar.com/ijpar/article/view/815