Virucidal efficacy of hospital disinfectants and antiseptics.
This article reviews the virucidal efficacy of the five main families of chemical disinfecting solutions: Alcohols, glutaraldehydes, iodophors, bisdiguanides and phenolics currently used in hospitals as disinfectants or antiseptics. Special emphasis was placed on the efficacy of these solutions against difficult-to-kill hydrophilic viruses, some of which are responsible for nosocomial infections in hospitals.
D003428:Cross Infection / Q000517:prevention & control*; D004202:Disinfectants; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D014481:United States