Hydrogen peroxide disinfectant composition
AssigneeArxada AG
InventorsMarcus Allen Bentley, Xiao Jiang, Mark Garrison
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Abstract
The present invention herein provides a disinfectant composition containing a) an effective amount of a hydrogen peroxide source, b) a blend of at least one aromatic alcohol and at least one glycol or glycol ether, c) at least one nonionic and/or anionic surfactant and d) at least one acid. Furthermore a method of using the disinfectant composition is also provided, whereby the composition can be applied to any surface and effectively kill a majority of tuberculosis and/or M. terrae microbes; resulting in a >5 log reduction at a contact time of 5 minutes or less.
Claims24
A disinfectant composition comprising
- a) an effective amount of a hydrogen peroxide source,
- b) at least one aromatic alcohol,
- c) at least one glycol or glycol ether,
- d) at least one nonionic and/or anionic surfactant, and
- e) at least one acid,
- wherein the at least one aromatic alcohol comprises phenoxyethanol.
A method for enhancing the disinfectant properties of a hydrogen peroxide source, wherein the method comprises adding a sufficient amount of a composition to the hydrogen peroxide source, the composition comprising a) at least one aromatic alcohol;
- b) at least one glycol or glycol ether;
- c) at least one nonionic and/or anionic surfactant;
- and d) at least one acid;
- with a hydrogen peroxide source, wherein the composition is applied to a surface, and wherein the at least one aromatic alcohol comprises phenoxyethanol.
A two-part disinfectant, comprising:
- a first container including
- a) a biocidal amount of hydrogen peroxide, and
- a solvent;
- and
- a second container including
- b) at least one aromatic alcohol;
- c) at least one glycol or glycol ether;
- d) at least one nonionic and/or anionic surfactant;
- and
- e) at least one acid,
- wherein the at least one aromatic alcohol comprises phenoxyethanol.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.