Cleaning and disinfection
Cleaning agents and disinfectants
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1009.25B0
IFU 1009.25 EN 01
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7.2 Cleaning agents and disinfectants
7.2.1 Suitable cleaning agents
The cleaning agents must be compatible with the disinfectants used. The use of fixing agents in
the cleaning process such as alcohols or aldehydes should be avoided.
Cleaners with the following properties may be used:
• Slightly alkaline
• Surfactants and phosphates as active cleaning components
7.2.2 Suitable disinfectants
Use only surface disinfectants with the following active ingredient bases for manual disinfection:
Ingredient group Active ingredients
Aldehydes 2-ethyl-1-hexanal, formaldehyde, glutardialdehyde, glyoxal, o-
phthaldialdehyde, succinaldehyde
Guanidine derivatives Alkyl-biguanide, chlorhexidine-digluconate, cocospropylene-diam-
ine guanidinium diacetate, oliogomeric biguanide, polyhexamethyl-
ene biguanide hydrochloride (oligo-diimino imiodo-carbonyl imino-
hexamethylene, polyhexanide)
Quaternary ammonium
compounds
Alkyl-didecyl-polyoxethyl ammonium propionate, alkyl-dimethyl-al-
kylbenzyl ammonium chloride, alkyl-dimethyl-ethyl ammonium
chloride, alkyl-dimethyl-ethylbenzyl ammonium chloride, benza-
lkonium propionate, benzalkonium chloride (alkyl-dimethyl-benzyl
ammonium chloride, coco-dimethyl-benzyl ammonium chloride,
lauryl-dimethyl-benzyl ammonium chloride, myristyl-dimethyl-ben-
zyl ammonium chloride), benzethonium chloride, benzyl-di-
hydroxyethyl-coco-alkyl ammonium chloride, dialkyl-dimethyl am-
monium chloride (didecyl-dimethyl ammonium chloride), didecyl-
methyl-oxyethyl ammonium propionate, mecetronium-ethyl sulfate,
methyl-benzethonium chloride, n-octyl-dimethyl-benzyl ammonium
chloride
Tab.10: Active ingredients of disinfectants
7.2.3 Non-usable products / substances
The following products/substances must not be used for cleaning and disinfection:
• Alcohol-based agents (e.g. hand and skin disinfectants)
• Halogenides (e. g. fluorides, chlorides, bromides, iodides)
• Dehalogenating compounds (e. g. fluorine, chlorine, bromine, iodine)
• Products that scratch the surface (e.g. scouring agents, wire brushes, steel wool, cleaning
sponges containing iron)
• Standard commercial solvents (e. g. benzene, thinner)
• Water containing particles of iron
• Products containing acid (e.g. hydrochloric acid)
• Saline solutions
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