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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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description 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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spelling pubmed-99784512023-03-03 Ethanol is indispensable for virucidal hand antisepsis and without toxic risks in daily use Kramer, Axel Benkhai, Hicham Jäkel, Christian Zwicker, Paula GMS Hyg Infect Control Article 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. German Medical Science GMS Publishing House 2023-01-23 /pmc/articles/PMC9978451/ /pubmed/36875333 http://dx.doi.org/10.3205/dgkh000428 Text en Copyright © 2023 Kramer et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License. See license information at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) .
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title_full Ethanol is indispensable for virucidal hand antisepsis and without toxic risks in daily use
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title_full_unstemmed Ethanol is indispensable for virucidal hand antisepsis and without toxic risks in daily use
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title_sort ethanol is indispensable for virucidal hand antisepsis and without toxic risks in daily use
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9978451/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36875333
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