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2. Hand sanitizer - Wikipedia

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   For health care settings, like hospitals and clinics, optimum alcohol concentration to kill bacteria is 70% to 95%. [32] [33] Products with alcohol concentrations as low as 40% are available in American stores, according to researchers at East Tennessee State University. [34] Alcohol rub sanitizers kill most bacteria, and fungi, and stop some ...

3. Antiseptic - Wikipedia

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   They are used to disinfect the skin before injections, among other uses. Diguanides including chlorhexidine gluconate, a bacteriocidal antiseptic which (with an alcoholic solvent) is considered a safe and effective antiseptic for reducing the risk of infection after clean surgery, [11] including tourniquet-controlled upper limb surgery. [12]

4. Disinfectant - Wikipedia

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   A mixture of 70% ethanol or isopropanol diluted in water is effective against a wide spectrum of bacteria, though higher concentrations are often needed to disinfect wet surfaces. [26] Additionally, high-concentration mixtures (such as 80% ethanol + 5% isopropanol) are required to effectively inactivate lipid-enveloped viruses (such as HIV ...

5. Antimicrobial - Wikipedia

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   Alcohols have a high efficiency against enveloped viruses (60–70% ethyl alcohol) 70% isopropyl alcohol or ethanol are highly effective as an antimicrobial agent. In the presence of water, 70% alcohol causes coagulation of the proteins thus inhibiting microbial growth. Alcohols are not quite efficient when it comes to spores.

6. Rubbing alcohol - Wikipedia

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   To protect alcohol tax revenue in the United States, all preparations classified as Rubbing Alcohols (defined as those containing ethanol) must have poisonous additives to limit human consumption in accordance with the requirements of the US Treasury Department, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms, using Formula 23-H (8 parts by volume of ...

7. Benzalkonium chloride - Wikipedia

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   Personal care products such as hand sanitizers, wet wipes, shampoos, soaps, [5] deodorants and cosmetics. [6] Skin antiseptics and wound wash sprays, such as Bactine. [7] [8] Throat lozenges [9] and mouthwashes, as a biocide; Spermicidal creams. Cleaners for floor and hard surfaces as a disinfectant, such as Lysol and Dettol antibacterial spray ...

8. List of unproven methods against COVID-19 - Wikipedia

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   A poster explains that alcohol hand-sanitizers kill coronaviruses, but alcoholic drinks do not protect against COVID-19. Drinking alcohol will not prevent or cure COVID-19, [16] contrary to some claims. [137] Drinking alcohol may cause subclinical immunosuppression [55] (see "Addictive drugs" section above).

9. Isopropyl alcohol - Wikipedia

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   Isopropyl alcohol (IUPAC name propan-2-ol and also called isopropanol or 2-propanol) is a colorless, flammable, organic compound with a pungent alcoholic odor. [9]Isopropyl alcohol, an organic polar molecule, is miscible in water, ethanol, and chloroform, demonstrating its ability to dissolve a wide range of substances including ethyl cellulose, polyvinyl butyral, oils, alkaloids, and natural ...