Top 3 Disinfectants and Hand Wash Products to Kill Bacteria and Control the Spread of the Corona Virus

1 Antibacterial Soap

Benefits

Washing hands with soap has the following effects:

• Soap will clean viruses and bacteria on your hands.
• Destroy the survival, bonding of harmful bacteria. Therefore, prevent transmission to your cells.
• Viruses and bacteria will be enclosed, protected by a layer of lipid and protein. From there, they will invade human cells such as the lungs. However, when encountering antibacterial soap, they will decompose, remove the protective layer, neutralize the virus and prevent them from spreading.

Effectiveness

Regular hand washing with soap not only prevents corona invasion into the body, but also helps prevent some diseases such as:

• Prevent diarrhea and intestinal diseases.
• Limit eye diseases such as conjunctivitis, red eyes, swollen eyelids, blepharitis,…
• Prevent respiratory diseases such as cough, sneezing, runny nose, stuffy nose,…
• Reduce bacteria and viruses appearing on hands, soap will clean bacteria, preventing them from entering the body through the mouth or eyes.
• Frequent hand washing helps prevent bacteria from surviving in the workplace and living area.

2 Hand Sanitizer with at least 60% alcohol

Benefits

Alcohol will have some benefits as follows::

• Effectively kill bacteria and viruses when using diluted alcohol to wash your hands before, during and after cooking or before and after treating wounds, before and after caring for sick people, after going to the toilet.
• Optimal sanitation when sneezing, coughing.
• When you change diapers or clean for children who have used the toilet, alcohol will also kill harmful bacteria to the body.
• After touching animals, livestock food or animal waste, after touching garbage. You should wash your hands with alcohol to effectively disinfect them.

Effectiveness

Everyone can use hand sanitizers containing at least 60% alcohol to protect their health, their loved ones, as well as the community because alcohol helps kill bacteria to the maximum extent, quickly and conveniently used anytime, anywhere.

Furthermore, hand sanitizers containing at least 60% alcohol also help you prevent various intestinal and respiratory diseases, coughing, sneezing,…

How to Mix

The ingredients to get 270ml of finished hand sanitizer include:

• 240ml of 90-degree Ethanol Alcohol (4 bottles of 60ml).
• 12ml of 3% hydrogen peroxide.
• 4ml of glycerin (Moisturizing because after sanitizing your hands will be very dry. You can replace it with aloe vera gel or honey with the same amount as above).
• 14ml of distilled water that has been boiled and cooled.

How to do it:

• Step 1: Pour all the ingredients in the order mentioned above into a specialized mixing cup.
• Step 2: Stir well and pour the mixture into a clean bottle (spray or press bottle).
• Step 3: Shake well and use. Note to keep it out of reach of children and use within about 6 months.

3 Hand Sanitizer

Benefits

Currently, many people trust and use hand sanitizers because of their convenience and ease of use. You will limit the risk of Covid-19 transmission from person to person. Hand sanitizers have the function of protecting against 99.9% of disease-causing bacteria in just 10 seconds without the need for water.

In hand sanitizers there will be some ingredients as follows:

• Alcohol.
• Purified water.
• Moisture-absorbing substance.
• Scented essence / Perfume oil.
• Disinfectants.

However, you should not overuse hand sanitizers as they will have side effects and cannot completely kill all bacteria. Doctors recommend using hand sanitizers when there is no soap and water.

Effectiveness

Hand sanitizers will help you prevent bacteria instantly and quickly without spending much time. Prevent diseases related to the respiratory system, especially the corona virus during this time.

Furthermore, you can use it for all members, protecting their health in the epidemic.

How to Mix

Prepare the ingredients:

• 96 Alcohol: 415 ml.
• 3% Hydrogen peroxide: 20 ml.
• Glycerin: 7.5 ml.
• Essential oil: 2.5 ml.
• Purified water or boiled and cooled water: 55 ml.

How to do it:

• Step 1: Pour 415 ml of 96-degree alcohol into a larger bottle. Pour the prepared hydrogen peroxide solution into the alcohol container.
• Step 2: Continue with adding 7.5 ml of Gylexrin to the container.
• Step 3: Pour in the remaining purified water or boiled water into the bottle. Add about 2 – 3 ml of essential oil to reduce the alcohol odor.
• Step 4: Shake or stir the solution gently with a stirrer. Then, pour the solution into a small bottle for convenience.

Please refer to the video tutorial on how to wash hands properly, prevent epidemics

Reference: Who, Bộ Y Tế