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Antiviral efficacy of personal care formulations against Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2.
Mukherjee, Sayandip; Vincent, Carol K; Jayasekera, Harshinie W; Yekhe, Ashish Shrikant.
  • Mukherjee S; Unilever Research and Development Centre, 64 Main Road, Whitefield, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560066, India. Electronic address: sayandip.mukherjee@unilever.com.
  • Vincent CK; Unilever Research and Development, 45 Commerce Drive, Trumbull, CT 06611, USA.
  • Jayasekera HW; Unilever Sri Lanka Limited, 258 Grandpass Road, Colombo 14, Sri Lanka.
  • Yekhe AS; Hindustan Unilever Limited, Unilever House, B D Sawant Marg, Chakala, Andheri (E), Mumbai 400099, India.
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.
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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Antiviral Agents / Hand Disinfection / Virus Inactivation / SARS-CoV-2 / COVID-19 Type of study: Experimental Studies / Prognostic study Limits: Humans Language: English Journal: Infect Dis Health Year: 2021 Document Type: Article

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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Antiviral Agents / Hand Disinfection / Virus Inactivation / SARS-CoV-2 / COVID-19 Type of study: Experimental Studies / Prognostic study Limits: Humans Language: English Journal: Infect Dis Health Year: 2021 Document Type: Article