VPE 511: Environment and Environmental Hygiene (2+1)

PROPERTIES OF A DISINFECTANT

• The ideal properties of a disinfectant are
  • It should be rapidly effective.
  • It should have a broad spectrum of activity excluding bacteria, viruses and fungi.
  • It should not allow emergence of resistant populations.
  • It should not be inactivated by protein.
  • It should be minimally toxic.
  • It should be non straining and un corrosive.
  • It should not has the skin by direct action or sensitization.
  • It should be adourless and decodorsing.
  • It should possess residual action after rienseing.
  • It should have detergent properties and it should be simple and economics to use.