List of essential medicines of the WHO

The Essential Medicine List of the World Health Organization (WHO) is a core guidance document designed to help countries around the world choose key medical products that are widely used and affordable throughout the health system. The list of essential medicines was first formulated in 1977 and has been a powerful tool since the establishment of the standard list to promote primary health care by rationalizing the selection and use of medicines and the price of medicines.

Part 15 of the World Health Organization (WHO) Essential Medicine List is "Disinfectants and Bactericides”

 

In the current World Health Organization (WHO) Essential Medicine List 22st (List 2019), the disinfectant includes 5% chlorhexidine (chlorhexidine), 70% alcohol, 10% povidone iodine, and disinfectant includes Alcohol hand sanitizer (80%), 0.1% effective chlorine concentration chlorine disinfectant, 4.8% p-chloro-m-dimethylphenol, 2% glutaraldehyde.

In 2017, related hypochlorous acid products in the United States, Electromicyn hypochlorous acid antibacterial agent and hypochlorous acid gel, participated in the declaration of No. 21 on the World Health Organization (WHO) Essential Drug List (List 2017). The declaration information is as follows:

The application documents were reviewed by three reviewers, but unfortunately one of the review experts failed. The main reason was that the application documents did not provide sufficient validity data.

Recently, the 23rd WHO Essential Medicines List has been declared, and Briotech HOCl of the United States has submitted the application materials.

The application materials made a detailed description of the data on the effectiveness, safety and field application of hypochlorous acid.

The 23rd WHO Expert Committee on the Selection and Use of Essential Medicines will be coordinated at WHO headquarters in Geneva and will be held from June 21 to July 2, 2021 to revise and update the WHO Model List of Essential Medicines (EML) and the WHO Model List of Essential Medicines for Children (EMLc).

What is the result, let us wait and see...Hope hypochlorous acid can be more widely recognized! ! !