HAND SANITIZERS BID FAREWELL TO GERMS ON SURFACE AREA OF HANDS

*Dipra Dastider, *Dr. Dhrubo Jyoti Sen, Dr. Sudip Kumar Mandal, Dr. Sankhadip Bose, Dr. Shubhabrata Ray, Dr. Beduin Mahanti

ABSTRACT

Hand sanitizers work by dissolving the cell membrane of the bacterium and then denaturing the proteins that are essential to bacterial life. Sanitizers are type of antimicrobial that kills or irreversibly inactivates at least 99.9% of all bacteria, fungi and viruses (called microbials, microbiologicals, microorganisms) present on a surface. Most sanitizers are based on toxic chemicals such as chlorine, iodine, phenol, or quaternary ammonium compounds and which (unlike some antiseptics) may never be taken internally.

Keywords: WHO, FDA, CDC, Hygiene, Humectants, Ethanol, Glycerol, Aminomethyl propanol, Caprylyl alcohol, Benzalkonium chloride, Isopropyl myristate, Tonicity, Protein denaturation.