Bulletin of Pure & Applied Sciences- Zoology
  • Year: 2020
  • Volume: 39a
  • Issue: 1

Effectiveness of hand wash and sanitizer: COVID19

  • Author:
  • Vijay Mohan Soni1, Shiv Singh2, Neha Munjal*,1, Sanjay Kataria2
  • Total Page Count: 4
  • Published Online: Jun 1, 2020
  • Page Number: 242 to 245

1Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, Punjab, 144411, India

2Bennett University, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, 201310, India

*Corresponding author: Neha Munjal School of chemical engineering and Physical sciences, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, Punjab, 144411, India E-mail: neha.18869@lpu.co.in

Online published on 10 August, 2020.

Abstract

The latest threat to global health is the on-going epidemic COVID-19. It has shaken the whole world tremendously in the past few months; it posed critical challenges for the public health, research and medical communities. Till now, there is no antidote to it, only possible solution is precaution, maintaining hygiene. Hand hygiene is of prime importance. Thus, in this article an attempt has been made to promote that hand washing is the best suitable method over hand sanitizer because excessive use of hand sanitizer can lead to the new threat in imminent future.

Keywords

COVID19, Hand Hygiene, Sanitizers