Login
News & Updation
Best Article Awards
World Journal of Advance Healthcare Research (WJAHR) is giving Best Article Award in every Issue for Best Article and Issue Certificate of Appreciation to the Authors to promote research activity of scholar.
Best Article of current issue
Download Article : Click here
Indexing
Abstract
HAND SANITIZERS: CRITICAL EVALUATION OF COMMONLY USED ALCOHOL AND NON-ALCOHOL BASED HAND SANITIZERS IN CONTEXT TO EFFICACY TOWARDS CORONAVIRUS
Sweta Jangra, Nikita Dagar and Priti Agarwal*
ABSTRACT
The world is facing an emergency for public health due to increasing corona virus infection these days. Hand hygiene is considered as a simple and effective tool to interrupt the transmission chain of virus in normal population and health care settings for mitigation of this pandemic. A range of hand sanitizers are available with various combinations of ingredients and mode of delivery these days. But every disinfectant is working on a different mode of action with different contact periods and efficacies. In this scenario it is important to understand which type of hand sanitizers are preferable against this novel corona virus. This review is a venture to provide an insight on different types of disinfectants that we can use to prevent the spread of COVID-19, an ample literature search was performed to draw enough conclusion on the active ingredients, mechanism of action of sanitizers and comparison between the effectiveness of alcohol based/non alcohol based hand sanitizers against corona virus.
[Full Text Article] [Download Certificate]