ReviewThe Journal of the Egyptian Public Health Association2022
Hand sanitizers as a preventive measure in COVID-19 pandemic, its characteristics, and harmful effects: a review.
Review in The Journal of the Egyptian Public Health Association, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.
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- Community responses to corona virus disease (COVID-19) in Africa in the face of "Infodemic": A scoping review.Parasite epidemiology and control · 2024Article
- A systematic overview of metal nanoparticles as alternative disinfectants for emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants.Archives of microbiology · 2024Review
- Trends in medicine utilisation in public and private healthcare facilities before and during COVID-19: a nationwide analysis of medicine procurement and sales data, 2018-2022.Journal of pharmaceutical policy and practice · 2024Article
- Assessment of quality of commercial hand sanitizers using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and gas chromatography.MethodsX · 2023Article
- Efficacy of a New Alcohol-Free Organic Acid-Based Hand Sanitizer against Foodborne Pathogens.Toxics · 2023Article
- Human personal air pollution clouds in a naturally ventilated office during the COVID-19 pandemic.Building and environment · 2023Article
- Behavioral Prevention, Treatment, and Rehabilitation of Using Western and Chinese Medicines or Herbal Products among the Public in Response to COVID-19 in Hong Kong: A Cross-Sectional Study.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2023Article
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- The Effect of the Covid-19 pandemic on emergency service home service calls due to home accidents in children aged 0-6 in Sakarya, Türkiye?Malawi medical journal : the journal of Medical Association of Malawi · 2022Article
- Consolidating food safety measures against COVID-19.The Journal of the Egyptian Public Health Association · 2022Review
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Abstract
backgroundIn the global health emergency caused by COVID-19, multiple experts have mandated the use of hand sanitizers as a safety measure from COVID-19. The sale of hand sanitizers has increased many folds. Therefore, when there is such large use of hand sanitizers, it becomes extremely important to study and understand hand sanitizers in a comprehensive manner. This article starts with the importance of sanitizers as a defence mechanism that is employed by the hand to fight against the coronavirus. This article provides information about history, types, composition, various dosage forms, and marketed formulations of hand sanitizers. The article sheds a detailed light on industrial production techniques for hand sanitizers and also outlines new innovative techniques that were employed by the industry to mass produce hand sanitizers in the wake of the pandemic. The article further dives into a comparison between hand sanitizers and soaps so as to give pros and cons of the use of soap against the use of hand sanitizers. One of the aims of the article is to study the side effects of sanitizers so as to develop a cautious approach while using hand sanitizers and therefore a comprehensive list of side effects of the use of hand sanitizers is given.
conclusionThe review article finds that hand sanitizers are extremely efficient in fight the virus but along with it, it brings along arrange of risks which are outlined in the article.
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