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Editor, Senior Moderator
Infect Dis Health
. 2020 Sep 17;S2468-0451(20)30066-3.
doi: 10.1016/j.idh.2020.09.003. Online ahead of print.
Antiviral efficacy of personal care formulations against Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2
Sayandip Mukherjee[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Carol K Vincent[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Harshinie W Jayasekera[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Ashish Shrikant Yekhe[SUP] 4 [/SUP]
Affiliations
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: COVID-19; Hand disinfection; Hand sanitizers; SARS-CoV-2; Soaps; Virus inactivation.
. 2020 Sep 17;S2468-0451(20)30066-3.
doi: 10.1016/j.idh.2020.09.003. Online ahead of print.
Antiviral efficacy of personal care formulations against Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2
Sayandip Mukherjee[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Carol K Vincent[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Harshinie W Jayasekera[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Ashish Shrikant Yekhe[SUP] 4 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 33012695
- DOI: 10.1016/j.idh.2020.09.003
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: COVID-19; Hand disinfection; Hand sanitizers; SARS-CoV-2; Soaps; Virus inactivation.