Classical and alternative disinfection strategies to control the COVID-19 virus in healthcare facilities: a review

H Choi, P Chatterjee, E Lichtfouse, JA Martel… - Environmental …, 2021 - Springer
The coronavirus disease COVID-19 has spread throughout the world and has been
declared as a pandemic by the World Health Organization on March 11th, 2020. The COVID …

Review of the use of nasal and oral antiseptics during a global pandemic

C Stathis, N Victoria, K Loomis, SA Nguyen… - Future …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
A review of nasal sprays and gargles with antiviral properties suggests that a number of
commonly used antiseptics including povidone-iodine, Listerine®, iota-carrageenan and …

Use of chlorhexidine to eradicate oropharyngeal SARS‐CoV‐2 in COVID‐19 patients

YH Huang, JT Huang - Journal of medical virology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
As public distribution of vaccines against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
(SARS‐CoV‐2) is underway, prevention of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) relies on …

[HTML][HTML] Virucidal activity of oral care products against SARS-CoV-2 in vitro

A Komine, E Yamaguchi, N Okamoto… - Journal of oral and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Objective Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by infection by the severe
acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has spread worldwide. Since …

Platinum chloride-based viability RT-qPCR for SARS-CoV-2 detection in complex samples

E Cuevas-Ferrando, W Randazzo, A Perez-Cataluna… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Isolation, contact tracing and restrictions on social movement are being globally
implemented to prevent and control onward spread of SARS-CoV-2, even though the …

Biomedical waste plastic: bacteria, disinfection and recycling technologies—a comprehensive review

S Sahoo, W Rathod, H Vardikar, M Biswal… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Springer
Plastic recycling reduces the wastage of potentially useful materials as well as the
consumption of virgin materials, thereby lowering the energy consumption, air pollution by …

MicroRNAs based regulation of cytokine regulating immune expressed genes and their transcription factors in COVID-19

M Khokhar, S Tomo, P Purohit - Meta gene, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Coronavirus disease 2019 is characterized by the elevation of a broad
spectrum of inflammatory mediators associated with poor disease outcomes. We aimed at …

Medicinal applications and molecular targets of dequalinium chloride

C Bailly - Biochemical Pharmacology, 2021 - Elsevier
For more than 60 years dequalinium chloride (DQ) has been used as anti-infective drug,
mainly to treat local infections. It is a standard drug to treat bacterial vaginosis and an active …

Virucidal activity of different mouthwashes using a novel biochemical assay

HJ Rodríguez-Casanovas, MD la Rosa, Y Bello-Lemus… - Healthcare, 2021 - mdpi.com
Background: Saliva of patients with COVID-19 has a high SARS-CoV-2 viral load. The risk of
spreading the virus is not insignificant, and procedures for reducing viral loads in the oral …

Antiviral activity of contemporary contact lens care solutions against two human seasonal coronavirus strains

C Lourenco Nogueira, SJ Boegel, M Shukla, W Ngo… - Pathogens, 2022 - mdpi.com
Background: Given that reports have suggested SARS-CoV-2 can be transmitted via
conjunctiva, the ability of contact lens (CL) care products to reduce the infectiousness of two …