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SUBMITTER: Boecker D
PROVIDER: S-EPMC10073986 | biostudies-literature | 2023
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

GMS hygiene and infection control 20230327
The objective is to provide a comprehensive overview of the rapidly developing field of the current state of research on <i>in vivo</i> use of hypochlorous acid (HOCl) to aid infection prevention and control, including naso-pharyngeal, alveolar, topical, and systemic HOCl applications. Also, examples are provided of dedicated applications in COVID-19. A brief background of HOCl's biological and chemical specifics and its physiological role in the innate immune system is provided to understand th ...[more]