Overcoming the Regulatory Hurdles for the Production of Hand Sanitizer for Public Health Protection: The UK and US Academic Perspective | Zendy

Rachel D. Dicken | Zendy; Timothy Gallagher | Zendy; Simon Perks | Zendy

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Overcoming the Regulatory Hurdles for the Production of Hand Sanitizer for Public Health Protection: The UK and US Academic Perspective

Author(s) -

Rachel D. Dicken,

Timothy Gallagher,

Simon Perks

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

acs chemical health and safety

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.249

H-Index - 21

eISSN - 1878-0504

pISSN - 1871-5532

DOI - 10.1021/acs.chas.0c00065

Subject(s) - hand sanitizer , negotiation , pandemic , business , economic shortage , production (economics) , covid-19 , perspective (graphical) , public health , public relations , medicine , political science , economics , infectious disease (medical specialty) , government (linguistics) , law , nursing , linguistics , philosophy , disease , pathology , artificial intelligence , computer science , macroeconomics

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to an acute shortage of hand sanitizer, which is crucial to keeping people safe and to preventing the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. However, universities across the world have used their expertise to help to meet urgent demand from public bodies and the emergency services for supplies of safe and effective sanitizer. We explore here the experience of the University of Bristol, UK, in negotiating the regulatory demands and logistical challenges facing its own sanitizer production efforts. We also reflect on the different regulatory situation for US colleagues pursuing similar activities, and we share our advice for other universities wishing to follow a similar path.

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