Chemical Disinfectants & Antiseptic Agents Efficacy Testing in Yemen
Between International Standards and Real Practices and Parties' Performance Evaluation
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https://doi.org/10.64295/cujahr.v9i09.54Keywords:
Yemen Healthcare, Infection Control, YSMO, disinfectant efficacy testing, industrial standards.Abstract
The research aims to explore the current situation of chemical disinfectants and antiseptic chemical agents in Yemen.
The study adopts a descriptive and analytical approach to explore the Yemeni context with regard to adherence to international standards for testing disinfectant efficacy. Analyze national legislations, an interview of relevant authorities' personnel, and the results of a questionnaire measuring consumers' real practices of disinfectant & efficacy testing.
The research results indicate an absence of national manufacturing protocol and the absence of following any related international standards due to the suffering of insufficient resources needed for obtaining international standards, which justifies the weak infection control performance and the spread of diseases and low global ranking of Yemen due to untrusted chemical disinfectant agents’ specifications and poor product declaration procedures caused by unfollowing relevant international standards of testing disinfectant efficacy.
Furthermore, the questionnaire results reveal low consumer trust in related governmental authorities’ performance and low trust in Yemeni disinfectant products.
Finally, a sum of recommendations is given to address this issue, which is mainly initiating an establishment with the name The National Yemeni Center/Institute of Health, Safety & Environment responsible for creating protocols, standards, and policies for Chemical Disinfectants & Antiseptic Agents Efficacy Testing in Yemen: Between International Standards and Real Practices and Parties' Performance Evaluation.
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