Open AccessPreparation of Ethanol-Free Hand Sanitizers Gels and Studying its Sterile Efficacy
Author(s) -
Mahmood M. Fahad,
Mohammed G. A. Al-Khuzaie
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of physics. conference series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1742-6596
pISSN - 1742-6588
DOI - 10.1088/1742-6596/2063/1/012007
Subject(s) - hand sanitizer , chemistry , staphylococcus aureus , food science , sterilization (economics) , pseudomonas aeruginosa , enterococcus faecalis , cosmetics , microbiology and biotechnology , candida albicans , antiseptic , bacteria , biology , organic chemistry , genetics , monetary economics , economics , foreign exchange market , foreign exchange
Due to the spread of the Corona pandemic, the demand for hand sanitizers has increased dramatically. This led to a global scarcity of sterilizers. Therefore, this study was performed to produce and evaluate the effectiveness of new commercially available, cheap and ethanol-free hand sanitizers from various sources. The new hand sanitizers were prepared by mixing (glycerin) as a moisturizer and (carbomer) as thickening agents to form the gel with (tri-ethanolamine base) as pH neutralizer and (Tea tree oil, Aloe vera extract or Povidone 10%) respectively as antiseptic agents. All prepared hand sanitizers were examined with four kinds of bacteria (Enterococcus faecalis, E. coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus) And two kinds of fungi (Candida albicans and Aspergillus flavus). The prepared hand sanitizer gels showed good sterilization efficacy and similar to commercially prepared hand sanitizers (70% ethanol).