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ArticleFood and environmental virology2025

In Vitro Efficacy of Foam Hand Sanitizers Against Enveloped and Non-Enveloped Viruses.

Francis Torko, Kristen E Gibson

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Article in Food and environmental virology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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2 authors.

Francis TorkoDepartment of Food Science, Center for Food Safety, University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture, University of Arkansas, 1371 West Altheimer Dr., Fayetteville, AR, 72704, USA.
Kristen E GibsonDepartment of Food Science, Center for Food Safety, University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture, University of Arkansas, 1371 West Altheimer Dr., Fayetteville, AR, 72704, USA. keg005@uark.edu.

Funding

National Institute of Food and Agriculture 2020-67017-32427
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Enveloped and non-enveloped virus transmission can occur via person-to-person contact and potentially through contaminated surfaces with human hands. Establishing the efficacy of hand sanitizers, including gel and foam formats, is crucial in reducing the transmission of viruses of human health concern, yet foam hand sanitizers are generally underexplored despite being widely used. Following American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) E1052-20, the efficacy of foam-based hand sanitizers-one non-alcohol-based hand sanitizer and four alcohol-based hand sanitizers with benzalkonium chloride and ethanol as active ingredients, respectively-were explored using bacteriophage phi6 (Φ6) as a surrogate for enveloped viruses and bacteriophage MS2 (Emesvirus zinderi) and Tulane virus (TuV) as surrogates for non-enveloped viruses. Significant differences in log reduction were observed among viruses (P ≤ 0.05). After a 10 s exposure, a 5.23 ± 1.64 log reduction was observed for Φ6 while MS2 remained resistant (0.04 ± 0.08 log

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Hand SanitizersVirusesBacteriophage phi 6Hand DisinfectionHumansLevivirusVirus InactivationHand SanitizersBacteriophageFoam hand sanitizerHand hygieneMS2Phi6SurrogateTulane virus

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PMID40178652
PMCPMC11968487

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