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Disinfectants

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Factors influencing disinfectant (8)   Type, time exposure, nature of microbiota, pH, temp, concentration, number of microbiota, material to be disinfected  
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Desirable features of disinfectant (7)   Cheap and available, safe for body tissues, rapid action, safe for clothes, high penetrating power, effective on most microbiota, stability  
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Halogens   Tinsure of Iodine, Hypochlorites, Idosphore, oxidizing agents, do not act well in the presence of a lot of microbiota  
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Tinsure of Iodine   Iodine crystals dissolved in alcohol  
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Hypochlorites   Used in bleach NaOCl  
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Idosphores   Used in detergents  
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Alcohols   Lipolytic, 70% dilution is better than concentrate, isopropyl (rubbing alcohol) and ethyl (grain) alcohol  
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Aldehydes   Reducing agents, inactivate proteins and cross links between them  
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Formalin   37% aqueous solution of formaldehyde by weight, 40% by volume  
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Glutarihyde   cold of liquid sterilization  
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Phelolalic compounds   injury to lipids  
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Phenol coefficient   Phenol was used as base of comparison at one time  
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Creysol   Lysol, surface disinfectant  
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Hexachlorophene   Antispetic  
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Quaternary ammominum compounds   Surface tension reducers, expose microbes so they can be washed away with water. Zephrian (benzelonium chloride)  
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