Supplement | Area Control Unit 21
Reprocessing
7.5 Other agents and reprocessing procedures
7.5.1 Disinfectants
Use nationally approved disinfectants suitable for the respective reprocessing
procedure and field of application.
Surface disinfectants
The manufacturers of the surface disinfectants have verified at least the following
spectra of activity:
– Bactericidal
– Yeasticidal
– Virucidal or virucidal against enveloped viruses
Follow the manufacturer's instructions for surface disinfectants.
The following surface disinfectants were compatible with the material at the time of
testing:
Class of active
ingredient
Surface disinfectant Manufacturer Listing
Chlorine-releas-
ing agents
Clorox Professional Disinfect-
ing Bleach Cleaner
Clorox
EPA
1)
Dispatch Hospital Cleaner
Disinfectant Towels with
Bleach
Actichlor plus Ecolab –
Chlor-Clean Tablets helix Solution
ARTG
2)
Oxygen-releas-
ing agents
Descogen Liquid Antiseptica CE
Descogen Liquid r.f.u.
Oxygenon Liquid r.f.u.
Dismozon plus BODE Chemie CE
Oxycide Ecolab USA EPA
Perform Schülke &
Mayr
CE
SteriMax Wipes Aseptix CE
Incidin OxyWipes Ecolab USA CE
Robysta Kyroin (Japan) –
Rely+On Virkon Du Pont EPA