REDUCING THE SPREAD OF INFECTION BY BLOOD HANDLING EQUIPMENT.

摘要

THIS INVENTION IS DIRECTED TO AN ANTIVIRAL AND ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY OF FATTY ACIDS AND MONOGLYCERIDES. MORE PARTICULARLY, THIS INVENTION IS DIRECTED TO THE INACTIVATION OF ENVELOPED VIRUSES AND THE KILLING OF CELLS BY FATTY ACIDS AND MONOGLYCERIDES. THE INVENTION IS ALSO DIRECTED TO AN ANTIVIRAL AND/OR ANTIBACTERIAL PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF INERT PHARMACEUTICAL CARRIER AND AN EFFECTIVE AMOUNT OF ONE OR MORE COMPOUNDS SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF FATTY ACIDS AND MONOGLYCERIDES THEREOF AND TO THE USE OF SAID COMPOUNDS IN REDUCING THE RISK OF INFECTION IN BLOOD PRODUCT HANDLING PROCEDURES.(FIG. 3)