TY - JOUR AU - Kratzel, Annika AU - Todt, Daniel AU - V’kovski, Philip AU - Steiner, Silvio AU - Gultom, Mitra AU - Thao, Tran Thi Nhu AU - Ebert, Nadine AU - Holwerda, Melle AU - Steinmann, Jörg AU - Niemeyer, Daniela AU - Dijkman, Ronald AU - Kampf, Günter AU - Drosten, Christian AU - Steinmann, Eike AU - Thiel, Volker AU - Pfaender, Stephanie T1 - Inactivation of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 by WHO-Recommended Hand Rub Formulations and Alcohols T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2020 VL - 26 IS - 7 SP - 1592 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Infection control instructions call for use of alcohol-based hand rub solutions to inactivate severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. We determined the virucidal activity of World Health Organization–recommended hand rub formulations, at full strength and multiple dilutions, and of the active ingredients. All disinfectants demonstrated efficient virus inactivation. KW - ethanol KW - 2-propanol KW - hand sanitizer KW - World Health Organization KW - coronavirus disease KW - respiratory infections KW - severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 KW - SARS-CoV-2 KW - SARS KW - COVID-19 KW - 2019 novel coronavirus disease KW - zoonoses KW - viruses KW - coronavirus DO - 10.3201/eid2607.200915 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/7/20-0915_article ER - End of Reference