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cord-294595-9qcu0wts	Berardi, Alberto	Analysis of Commercial Hand Sanitisers amid CoViD-19: Are We Getting the Products that We Need?	2020-10-15		.txt	text/plain	3284	172	52	We analyse here the ethanolic content of seven off-the-shelf hand sanitiser gels (two biocides and five cosmetics) from the Italian market, using gas chromatography. Four of the tested hand gels have ethanolic contents within the recommended range, while three products (all cosmetics) contain < 60% (v/v), i.e. 52.1% (w/w), ethanol. It is emphasised in this guidance that hand sanitisers aiming at protecting public health by disinfecting should follow the legislation of biocidal products. In view to ultimately safeguard consumers, we probe here the concentration of ethanol in seven commercial ethanol-based hand sanitiser gels purchased in the Italian market, two biocides and five cosmetic products, comparing the obtained results with label claims. On the other hand, products containing "substandard" (< 60% v/v) concentrations of ethanol, i.e. gels 3, 4 and 6, are all cosmetics (Table I) . & Yet, some cosmetic hand sanitisers, which alcoholic concentration is not stated in the label, contain ethanol (e.g.	./cache/cord-294595-9qcu0wts.txt	./txt/cord-294595-9qcu0wts.txt