Dear All, is it allowed by WHO to use alcohol from fermentation for hand sanitizer or for sanitation, even the alcohol level reaches 80%? Thank you. Best regards.
Hi,
Why not? Yes, practically it is ethanol. I have been using my 2G-ethanol (distilled, dehydrated and appropriately diluted) as a sanitizer in the LAF and, at the moment to follow the preventive guidelines postulated against Corona virus.
As long as you can get ethanol with enough purify, and probably mix with glycerol and hydrogen peroxide for full mugs. Some labs in some country had done this to provide for hospital already(https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/skane/kemicentrum-i-lund-hjalper-regionen-med-handsprit). This is WHO-recommended handrub formulations, see link:https://www.who.int/gpsc/information_centre/handrub-formulations/en/
As germ can be sensitive to ethanol usage, some germ essential for man can be last.
The source is not relevant.
Details you can find in the link.
https://www.who.int/gpsc/tools/InfSheet5.pdf
Dear Trina Tallei, as long as the ethanol is pure, it makes no difference what source it comes from.
Yes, we can use this ethanol.
In Italy (and maybe elsewhere), it is a practice to distill ethanol, but nownday not only for spirits, also to produce sanitizer with more than 70 degree.
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