Isopropyl Alcohol Hand Sanitizer. Importantly alcohol content does impact the ability of the active ingredient to kill bacteria fungi and viruses. Hand sanitizers use ethyl or isopropyl alcohol as the active ingredient in a solution to kill viruses and bacteria.
That s it that s the recipe. The cdc recommends an alcohol content of at least 60 percent for hand sanitizers to be most effective including for killing the coronavirus covid 19 1as such most alcohol based hand sanitizers manufactured and used in the u s. The alcohol content is 70 isopropyl alcohol which meets the cdc s guidelines of 70 isopropyl or higher.
Aloe vera gel and isopropyl alcohol.
The gel is designed to help thicken the homemade sanitizer but the type of isopropyl alcohol you. Decant into a clean soap or pump bottle. Alcohol based hand rubs have evidence based advantages for formulating a fast acting broad spectrum sanitizer. On february 12 2020 there was a large explosion at an exxon facility in baton rouge that shut down their isopropyl alcohol production for several months.