Disinfectants and hand sanitizers significantly altered plastic selection practices.

Important to note that SARS-CoV-2 can persist and remain infectious on surfaces for at least 9 days. Therefore, surface and deep cleaning is necessary to control transmission.

Interruption of the transmission chain of the virus is possible through strict infection control tools. Experts believe that the new cleaning regimes will remain utilized even after the pandemic is declared to be over as other corona viruses require similar strategies and COVID-19 very likely will remain active for a long period.

Success of hand sanitization depends on the use of effective hand disinfecting agents formulated as antimicrobial soaps, or alcohol-based hand sanitizers. Disinfectants and special medical grade cleaning agents are often encountered by electronic enclosures.

Most effective hand sanitizer products contain 62%–95% of alcohol. Other aggressive chemicals are also used in the formulation of disinfectants and hand sanitizers. Trace amounts of many harmless chemicals can also have a devastating effect as they might act as catalysts and thus aid in the destruction of otherwise sound enclosures.

New surface and deep cleaning practices highlighted vulnerabilities of many thermoplastic materials to sustained exposure to disinfectants and hand sanitizers, especially in PC/ABS housings and enclosures. Thus, commonly utilized materials no longer perform satisfactorily. Therefore, successful materials selection practices have quickly became the exclusive domain of the enclosure engineering professional.

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