2021
DOI: 10.17159/sajs.2021/9328
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Abstract: Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 – the causative agent of COVID-19 – can be prevented through non-pharmaceutical interventions such as observing proper hand hygiene using alcohol-based hand rubs/sanitisers (ABHRs) as recommended by the WHO and local health authorities. However, this recommendation has led to high demand for ABHRs and proliferation of sub-standard products, which do not contain the recommended amount of alcohol. Fifty products of different origins and formulations obtained off-the-shelf and in public… Show more

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“…8d, 22 Ethyl acetate was present in hand sanitiser sample 24 (refer to Figures S8-S9), a skin irritant; repeated long-term exposure can affect the skin, liver, kidney and cause central nervous system depression. 23 In a toxicology study conducted by Timothy et al, 2021, technical grade ethanol was employed to produce alcohol-based hand rubs; however, Health Canada recalled numerous hand sanitiser products due to ethyl acetate contamination. 17 This is of great concern as these substandard hand sanitisers are harmful to unaware consumers.…”
Section: Research Articlementioning
confidence: 99%
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“…8d, 22 Ethyl acetate was present in hand sanitiser sample 24 (refer to Figures S8-S9), a skin irritant; repeated long-term exposure can affect the skin, liver, kidney and cause central nervous system depression. 23 In a toxicology study conducted by Timothy et al, 2021, technical grade ethanol was employed to produce alcohol-based hand rubs; however, Health Canada recalled numerous hand sanitiser products due to ethyl acetate contamination. 17 This is of great concern as these substandard hand sanitisers are harmful to unaware consumers.…”
Section: Research Articlementioning
confidence: 99%
“…10 Recent studies conducted by Puleng et al 2021, 21 Beradi et al 2021, 13 Timothy et al 2021 22 and de Bruin and Korsten 2020 8 have indicated safety and health concerns regarding hand sanitisers. Another recent study (that was published while our work was under review) conducted by Yusuf 2021 discovered that majority of the commercially available ABHS products (in the Pretoria region) were sub-standard according to WHO recommendations (80±5%) 23 for local production of hand rubs.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 96%