Analytical examination of alcohol-based hand disinfectants in our country and evaluation with respect to COVID-19 pandemic

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.INTRODUCTION: The use of alcohol-based hand disinfectants (ABHD) is recommended in the COVID-19 pandemic.In this study, it was aimed to analyze the content of ABEDs in our country and to discuss the findings in the light of literature.METHODS: ABHDs in our country were searched on the Google search engine.

Content information of the commercial product was saved.Data were analyzed under 5 headings: according to the alcohol ratio, the presence of ethyl and / or isopropyl alcohol, the presence of other disinfectants, the presence of the moisturizer and the formulation recommended according to the World Health Organization (WHO).RESULTS: The most frequently observed alcohol ratios were as follows: 70%, 75%, 65% and 80%.

21% of the products have only ethanol, 15% have only isopropyl alcohol, 34% have ethanol and isopropyl alcohol.Hydrogen peroxide was observed in 6.5% of the products.

44% of the products had glycerin, 10% had glycerin and lanolin.The formulation suggested by WHO was exactly observed in one product.DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION: Sars-CoV-2 virus can be inactivated by ethanol (> 75%) and isopropanol (> 70%).

One of the WHO formulations contains 80% ethanol and the other 75% isopropanol.Alcohol ratio was 70% and above in more than half of ABHDs in our country.These were ethyl and / or isopropyl alcohol.
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Only one product complied with the WHO formulation.As a result, the most important step for hand hygiene in the COVID-19 pandemic should be the selection of ABHD with the appropriate formulation