Self-disinfecting coating for surfaces

A self-disinfecting coating for surfaces comprising:

• a base matrix comprising
• a gel base,
• a gel fluid;
• and
• a loading solution comprising
• an active disinfectant ingredient,
• in such a way that the base matrix is able to absorb and retain the active disinfectant ingredient while maintaining, on a free surface of the coating, a sufficient concentration of active disinfectant ingredient, thus maintaining the surface disinfected;
• wherein the loading solution comprises ethanol as the loading solvent, the loading solution comprising a solution between 0.5 and 20% by mass of elemental iodine in ethanol.

A self-disinfecting coating for surfaces comprising:

• a base matrix comprising
• a gel base,
• a gel fluid;
• and
• a loading solution comprising
• an active disinfectant ingredient,
• in such a way that the base matrix is able to absorb and retain the active disinfectant ingredient while maintaining, on a free surface of the coating, a sufficient concentration of active disinfectant ingredient, thus maintaining the surface disinfected;
• wherein the active disinfectant ingredient has a different color with respect to the gel base which allows visual identification of high concentrations of the active disinfectant ingredient on the surface of the coating, the gel base comprising a dye which improves the visual differentiation of high concentrations of the active disinfectant ingredient from low concentrations of the active disinfectant ingredient on the surface of the coating, the dye of the gel base being blue.