Prajapati Parixit, Desai Heli, Chandarana Chandni
SSR College of Pharmacy, Sayli, Silvassa, UT of Dadra and Nagar Haveli, 396230, India.
J Egypt Public Health Assoc. 2022 Feb 8;97(1):6. doi: 10.1186/s42506-021-00094-x.
In 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.
The 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.
在由新型冠状病毒肺炎（COVID-19）引发的全球卫生紧急状况下，多位专家已规定使用洗手液作为预防COVID-19的安全措施。洗手液的销量增长了许多倍。因此，当洗手液有如此大量的使用时，全面研究和了解洗手液就变得极其重要。本文从洗手液作为手部对抗冠状病毒的防御机制的重要性入手。本文提供了有关洗手液的历史、类型、成分、各种剂型以及市售配方的信息。文章详细介绍了洗手液的工业生产技术，并概述了疫情期间该行业用于大规模生产洗手液的新创新技术。文章进一步深入比较了洗手液和肥皂，以说明使用肥皂相对于使用洗手液的优缺点。本文的目的之一是研究洗手液的副作用，以便在使用洗手液时采取谨慎的方法，因此给出了使用洗手液的副作用的完整列表。
这篇综述文章发现，洗手液在对抗病毒方面极其有效，但与此同时，它也带来了一系列风险，本文对此进行了概述。
