Antiviral efficacy of personal care formulations against Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2.
Infect Dis Health
; 26(1): 63-66, 2021 02.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1065111
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Non-therapeutic interventions such as practicing good hand hygiene continue to be the mainstay of protection from SARS-CoV-2 and other emerging respiratory viruses.METHODS:
We have evaluated a range of commercially available personal care products including soaps, handwash liquids and alcohol-based hand sanitizers for antiviral efficacy against a clinical isolate of SARS-CoV-2 using internationally accepted standardized protocols at user-relevant contact time-points and product dilutions.RESULTS:
All the tested products resulted in 3 to 4 log reduction of SARS-CoV-2 titer.CONCLUSION:
Our data re-affirms recommendations by global public health authorities that proper hand hygiene can reduce SARS-CoV-2 viral load significantly which should likely limit spread of the contagion.Keywords
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Antiviral Agents
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Hand Disinfection
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Virus Inactivation
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SARS-CoV-2
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Experimental Studies
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Infect Dis Health
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
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