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Efficacy of a combination of antiseptics over a single agent for microbial control in a household setting

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Author Affiliations

  • 1Computer Science, VIT Pune. 7- Professor VIT Pune, India
  • 2Consultant Pathologist Sahyadri Speciality Labs, Pune, India

Res.J.chem.sci., Volume 12, Issue (1), Pages 64-66, February,18 (2022)

Abstract

Antiseptics and disinfectants are extensively used in hospitals and Health care settings as well as homes for a variety of hard surface cleaning applications. Each group of antiseptics and disinfectants has their advantages and disadvantages. Efficacy and safety are major concerns in choosing disinfectants. Unlike antibiotics, Disinfectants are rarely tested for their efficacy. We tested a combination of Disinfectants Cetrimide, Formaldehyde and Benzlkonium chloride against single agent cetrimide. We found that “Combicide One” our combination proved much superior to the single agent. A combination of disinfectants is very important to enhance efficacy of these disinfectants towards the controlling microbial population which will lead to prevention of disease transmission and infection.

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