Hydroalcoholic hand sanitisers: challenges in formulating and delivering efficacious, safe and pleasant products

Since March 2020, hydroalcoholic hand sanitisers have taken a very important role in our daily life, as hand hygiene has become key for the prevention and the control of the spread of COVID-19. Consequently, the demand for this type of products was so high that rapidly ended up in a general shortage in the traditional distribution channels. Laboratorios Maverick, as many other cosmetic and perfume manufacturers, were called to support the global health emergency and quickly had to fast track and reconvert their production in order to deliver hand sanitisers. This article summarizes information on various aspects to be considered for the design, development, production and sale of this type of products.