MANAGEMENT AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY (MSU) has gone a step further in the fight to break the Covid-19 chain of infection by producing its own hand sanitiser and to meet soaring demand against dwindling supply.
Formulated to one of the two recommended standards by the World Health Organisation (WHO), the MSU hand sanitiser contains moisturising glycerol and 75% alcohol.
For use on campus and at the adjacent MSU Medical Centre (MSUMC) Specialist Hospital, and distribution to MSUrians staying on at The Residence and surrounding accommodations during the nationwide movement control order (MCO) period, the hand sanitiser is a collaborative effort by MSU’s Science Lab, School of Pharmacy (SPH), and Purchasing Department.
Washing the hands with warm water and soap remains the gold standard for hand hygiene but in the absence of either, hand sanitisers provide the best protection against disease-causing microbes.
Alcohol is a regular key ingredient in hand sanitisers as it effectively kills germs. Most alcohol-based sanitisers contain between 60% and 95% of alcohol.
Alcohol-free hand sanitisers regularly substitute the alcohol content with benzalkonium chloride, a quarternary ammonium compound able to reduce microbes, albeit not as effectively as alcohol.
Earlier, MSU had bagged several gold awards for its hand sanitiser Betelnizer and anti-fungal cream Dermacol, two of the University’s betel-based research products awaiting commercialisation.
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