Development and virucidal activity of a novel alcohol-based hand disinfectant supplemented with urea and citric acid

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Ionidis, Georgios ^a   Hübscher, Judith ^a   Jack, Thomas ^a   Becker, Britta ^b   Bischoff, Birte ^b   Todt, Daniel ^c   Hodasa, Veronika ^b   Brill, Florian H H ^b   Steinmann, Eike ^c   Steinmann, Jochen ^b  

^a Oro Clean Chemie AG   (Switzerland)

^b Dr Brill + Partner GmbH   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF INFECTION IMMUNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Hand disinfectant; Virucidal activity; Viruses

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CITRIC ACID; HAND SANITIZER; PROPANOL; UREA; ANTIVIRUS AGENT;

ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN ADENOVIRUS 5; NONHUMAN; NOROVIRUS; POLIOMYELITIS VIRUS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIMIAN VIRUS 40; VIRUS ENVELOPE; VIRUS TITRATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; HUMAN; TUMOR CELL LINE; VACCINIA VIRUS; VIRUS CULTURE;

ANIMALS; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CITRIC ACID; ETHANOL; HAND SANITIZERS; HUMANS; POLIOVIRUS; UREA; VACCINIA VIRUS; VIRUS CULTIVATION;

EID: 84957675636     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12879-016-1410-9     Document Type: Article

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