How Effective is Benzalkonium Chloride Hand Sanitizer in Eliminating the Contamination?
As we all are well-versed in the hand hygiene products' consumer market that contains a finite amount of benzalkonium chloride as it is the most active ingredient. Further, it was studied for the persistence of the antibacterial activity against the Staphylococcus aureus over the human skin compared to the ethanol-based hand sanitizer. It highlights the S aureus's significant killing that stayed over the skin up to 4 hours for the benzalkonium chloride hand sanitizer . Although, hand washing would always remain best to prevent the transmission of the COVID-19. But it is obvious that it is difficult to carry soap and water whenever you are traveling, attending meetings outside with individuals and communities. Hence, it is very important to make the daily use of hand sanitizer on priority. But make sure that you are safely using the approved products. The use of the novel benzalkonium chloride hand sanitizer is superior to the ethanol-based hand sanitizer in reducing the tran...