Do you know " How does Sanitizer kill a Virus? "

In the present time the condition of our country, even the whole world is very critical.
We are fighting against the pandemic disease, this is so contagious.
And still the vaccination is not available.
So many scientists ,researchers and medical experts team are racing against time to find cure for pandemic COVID-19.
But before any vaccination first of all we need to maintain our personal hygiene like:-
Since it's a contagious disease, so it's spread from person to person, so maintain social distancing, avoid to go in crowded areas.
Wash your hands with soap and water for at least 20 sec. after you have been in a public place.
Cover your face after coughing or sneezing or use mask and wash your hands after done, with soap and water.
If water and soap is unavailable than use Sanitizer containing at least 60% alcohol.

What is Sanitizer?

Hand sanitizer, also called hand antiseptic, hand rub or handrub agents applied to the hand for the purpose of removing common pathogens.
Thus soap and water is the best way to keep your hands virus free , but when you are not near to sink the sanitizer are next best thing.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends that people use a sanitizer containing 60% alcohol.

Because alcohol is a very effective disinfectant that is also safe to put on your skin.
Alcohol's jobs to break up the outer coating of bacteria and viruses.

Viruses protect themselves with only a cover or you can say cage of protein.
Alcohol have long been known to kill germs by denaturating the protective outer proteins of microbs and dissolving their membrane.

CDC recommends using a hand sanitizer with at least 60% alcohol, because lower concentration of alcohol aren't as effective at killing viruses.
Even up 90% alcohol is preferable to ensure that hand sanitizer completely kills germs, rather than reducing their growth on hand.

Because soap and water removing certain kind of germs like norovirus, cryptosporidium, clostridium defficile.
Although alcohol based hand sanitizer can inactivate many types of microbs.
When hands are heavily soiled or greasy, hand sanitizer may not work well.
Hand sanitizer can't remove harmful chemicals.

Typically contain 60-95% alcohol.
Usually in the form of Ethanol, isopropanol or n- propanol.
At that concentration alcohol immediately denatures proteins and neutralising certain types of bacterias.

Generally based on disinfectants, such as benzalkonium chloride (BAC), or on antimicrobial agents, such as triclosan.
The activity of disinfectants and antimicrobial agents is both immediate and persistent.
Many hand sanitizer also contain glycerine ineffective against bacterial spores, non enveloped viruses (e.g. norovirus) and encrysted parasites (e.g. Giardia).

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