According to a scientist from the University Of Pretoria (UP) Commercial, off-the-shelf hand sanitisers used by the general population in Gauteng and Tshwane, do not have the recommended alcohol concentration, and are frequently mislabeled according to local and international norms.
According to Dr Abdullahi Ahmed Yusuf, Senior Lecturer in Entomology in UP's Department says, preparing alcohol-based hand sanitisers using the WHO's instructions for local formulations remains a superior choice than purchasing poor off-the-shelf goods in the absence of suitable quality control procedures