GUIDE TO LOCAL PRODUCTION: WHO-RECOMMENDED HANDRUB FORMULATIONS

PART A: GUIDE TO LOCAL PRODUCTION

Part A is intended to guide a local producer in the actual preparation of the formulation.

Materials required (small volume production)

REAGENTS FOR FORMULATION 1: 

• Ethanol 96%
• Hydrogen peroxide 3%
• Glycerol 98%
• Sterile distilled or boiled cold water

REAGENTS FOR FORMULATION 2:

• Isopropyl alcohol 99.8%
• Hydrogen peroxide 3%
• Glycerol 98%
• Sterile distilled or boiled cold water

• 10-litre glass or plastic bottles with screw-threaded stoppers ( 1 ), or
• 50-litre plastic tanks (preferably in polypropylene or high density polyethylene, translucent so as to see the liquid level) ( 2 ), or
• Stainless steel tanks with a capacity of 80–100 litres (for mixing without overflowing) ( 3 , 4 )
• Wooden, plastic or metal paddles for mixing ( 5 )
• Measuring cylinders and measuring jugs ( 6 , 7 )
• Plastic or metal funnel
• 100ml plastic bottles with leak-proof tops ( 8 )
• 500 ml glass or plastic bottles with screw tops ( 8 )
• An alcoholometer: the temperature scale is at the bottom and the ethanol concentration (percentage v/v) at the top ( 9 , 10 , 11 )

Please click here to read complete guide (pdf provided by WHO)

Courtesy: World Health Organization (WHO)
Article written by: WHO TEAM,WHO Global
Article Date: 2021
Article Link: https://www.who.int/gpsc/5may/Guide_to_Local_Production.pdf