The use of the word 'unprecedented' in 2020 is unprecedented. We're living in a time when every action we undertake has to not only be well-thought about but also rethought: Is it safe to order in dinner today? Did I wash my hands for at least 20 seconds? And was my sanitiser alcohol-based? The list of questions that crop up daily is long. But the only route for coping, even though it comes with considerable anxiety, is to focus on the old adage — prevention is better than cure. Recognising that sanitation is the need of the hour, city-based couple Namrata and Aniket Parikh launched Sanitab, a multipurpose effervescent disinfectant tablet, last week.

The FDA-approved product description and usage is clearly laid out on the website; all you have to do is drop one tablet in the target volume and wait for one to two minutes for it to dissolve. The necessary volume varies as per the kind of task — if you have to clean fruits and veggies, one tablet can be dropped in 20 litres of water but if you have to disinfect a surface (avoiding contact with electronics and metals), you require one litre of water. "We recommend you rinse the fruits and vegetables after soaking them to ensure there is no residue. The active ingredient used here is NaDCC (sodium dichloroisocyanurate), which has proven to be more stable. It's not alcohol-based, and therefore not flammable or smelly," Aniket states.