Market Trends of South America Hand Sanitizer Industry
This section covers the major market trends shaping the South America Hand Sanitizer Market according to our research experts:
Growing Demand for Alcohol Based Sanitizers
Hand sanitizer comes in two types alcohol-based and alcohol-free. Many people prefer alcohol-based hand sanitizer, because of their prolonged efficacy. The alcohol-free hand sanitizer also protects your hands without drying them. However, alcohol-based hand sanitizer which contains 60-65% alcohol is always best when compared with other types. Furthermore, FDA also has shown that alcohol-based hand sanitizer reduces much flu like contagious diseases and infections. Alcohol-free hand sanitizers contain quaternary ammonium compounds (called benzalkonium chloride) instead of alcohol to reduce microbes. These agents are less effective than alcohol. Alcohol-free hand sanitizers do not dry out hands and they create little foam after rubbing hands. These factors has led to the rise in popularity of alcohol based sanitizers in the region.
Brazil Holds a Major Share in the Market
Initially, ethyl alcohol is recommended in hospital practice in Brazil for hygienic handwashing because of its effectiveness and low cost. The major disadvantage of alcohol for skin antisepsis is its drying effect. Hand sanitizers has emollients to minimize skin drying and this was the major reason for the adoption of hand sanitizer among Brazilian especially in hospitals. Moreover, the initiatives by the government to maintain a hygiene environment, for instance, in line with the guidelines of the World Health Organization, the global challenges for hygiene was studied and implemented in Brazil by the National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA). The government implemented Patient Safety Protocols, which included recommendations for hand hygiene.
