About indispensability of ethanol-containing antiseptics for the prevention of infections caused by non-enveloped viruses

Recently, outbreaks of infectious diseases caused by various viruses have become more frequent in the world. Literature data of recent years show that antiseptics based only on propanol-1 and propanol-2 are not effective against infections caused by non-enveloped viruses. Antiseptics based on ethyl alcohol have a wide spectrum of virucidal action, including against non-enveloped viruses. Interruption of transmission of non-enveloped viruses in the population without the use of ethanol-containing antiseptics cannot be guaranteed. Keywords: non-enveloped viruses, ethanol-containing antiseptics.