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

DISINFECTANT SELECTION TABLE

S.No	Compound	Chlorine 0.01-5%	Iodine/ Iodophor 0.5-5%	Chlorhexidine 0.05-5%	Alcohol 70-95%	Oxidizing Compound 0.2-3%	Phenol 0.2-3%	QAC 0.1-2%	Adehydes 1-2%
1.	Bactericidal	Good	Good	Very good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Very good
2.	Virucidal	Very good	Good	Very good	Good	Good	Fair	Fair	Very good
3.	Enveloped	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
4.	Non enveloped virus	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes
5.	Bacterial spores	Fair	Fair	Poor	Fair	Fair/Good	Poor	Poor	Good
6.	Fungicida	Good	Good	Fair to Good	Fair	Fair	Good	Fair	Good
7.	Protozoal Parasites	Fair at high icon	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Fair	Good
8.	Effective in organic matter	Poor	Fair	Fair	Fair	Poor	Good	Poor	Good
9.	Inactivated by soap	No	No andYes	No	No	No	No	Yes	No
10.	Effective in hard water	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
11.	Contact Time   (minutes)	5-30	10-30	5-10	10-30	10-30	10-30	10-30	10-60
12.	Residual activity	Poor	Poor	Good	Fair	Poor	Poor	Fair	Fair