Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal, 2021 Hand hygiene is one of the effective measures for reducing the transmission of infections. Alcohol-based hand sanitizers containing ethanol or isopropanol are considered efficient alternatives to handwashing with water and soap.
Alhassan H. Aodah +9 more
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An online survey on the association between the use of alcohol-based hand sanitizer and dermatitis in the Jizan Population [PDF]
Journal of Family Medicine and Primary CareBackground: Frequent use of alcohol-based hand sanitizers during the COVID-19 pandemic can cause skin irritation and dermatitis due to the removal of natural skin oils.
Mona H. EL-Mahdy +10 more
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Designing an ideal alcohol-based hand sanitizer: in vitro antibacterial responses of ethanol and isopropyl alcohol solutions to changing composition [PDF]
AAPS Open, 2021 This study aimed to achieve an in vitro quantification of the effects of composition and formulation factors on the killing rates of alcohol-based hand sanitizers. The killing rates of 85% ethyl alcohol (ET) and isopropyl alcohol (IPA) were studied under
Ifeanyi T. Nzekwe +5 more
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Impact on touch DNA of an alcohol-based hand sanitizer used in COVID-19 prevention. [PDF]
Int J Legal Med, 2023 In the last years, forensic research has been focused on touch DNA in order to improve its evidential value in criminal activity investigations as well as to understand the variables impacting touch DNA.
Bini C +5 more
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Ingestion of Alcohol-Based Hand Sanitizer: A case report [PDF]
European Psychiatry, 2022 Introduction Alcohol-based hand sanitizers containing ethanol or isopropanol are being used in order to prevent person-to-person transmission during the COVID-19.
T. Gutierrez Higueras +5 more
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Alcohol-based hand sanitizer - composition, proper use and precautions. [PDF]
Germs, 2021 During the COVID-19 pandemic, the use of alcohol-based hand sanitizers (ABHS) increased worldwide among the public as well as the health care workers in pursuit to prevent the spread of SARS-CoV-2, the causative virus of COVID-19.
Saha T, Khadka P, Das SC.
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Investigating the Antibacterial Activity and Safety of Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles versus a Commercial Alcohol-Based Hand-Sanitizer: Can Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles Be Useful for Hand Sanitation? [PDF]
Antibiotics, 2022 Hand hygiene is the key factor to control and prevent the spread of infections, for example, hospital-acquired infections (HAIs). People commonly use alcohol-based hand sanitizers to assure hand hygiene.
Aliaa Ismail +4 more
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Disulfiram Ethanol Reaction with Alcohol-Based Hand Sanitizer: An Exploratory Study [PDF]
Alcohol and Alcoholism, 2021 Aims We conducted a cross-sectional survey to estimate the prevalence and clinical manifestation of disulfiram ethanol reaction (DER) and isopropanol toxicity (IT) in patients with alcohol use disorders, on disulfiram.
Abhishek Ghosh +2 more
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Green Chemistry Letters and Reviews, 2023 A practical colorimetric analysis for alcohol determination was devised using a composite of food colorants, specifically a green solution of brilliant blue FCF and tartrazine at a ratio of 1:5 v/v.
Warongrit Sukma +3 more
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Rhamnolipid Nano-Micelles versus Alcohol-Based Hand Sanitizer: A Comparative Study for Antibacterial Activity against Hospital-Acquired Infections and Toxicity Concerns. [PDF]
Antibiotics (Basel), 2022 Hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) are considered to be a major global healthcare challenge, in large part because of the development of microbial resistance to currently approved antimicrobial drugs.
Abo-Zeid Y +4 more
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