Ethanol is indispensable for virucidal hand antisepsis and without toxic risks in daily use

The approval of ethanol by the Biocidal Products Regulation has been under evaluation since 2007 due to controversial opinions on the risk assessment. Because of this critical situation, 2022 a memorandum was published to verify whether the use of ethanol for hand antisepsis poses any hazard. On the...

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Autores principales: Kramer, Axel, Benkhai, Hicham, Jäkel, Christian, Zwicker, Paula
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9978451/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36875333
http://dx.doi.org/10.3205/dgkh000428
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Sumario:The approval of ethanol by the Biocidal Products Regulation has been under evaluation since 2007 due to controversial opinions on the risk assessment. Because of this critical situation, 2022 a memorandum was published to verify whether the use of ethanol for hand antisepsis poses any hazard. On the basis of the memorandum a toxicological evaluation of ethanol-based hand rubs is given.

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