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10.4 Suitable disinfectants

Use only disinfectants of proven effectiveness quoted in official
guidelines (e.g. Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute: Protection of
Laboratory Workers from Occupationally Acquired Infections; Approved
Guideline – Third Edition; CLSI document M29-A3, 2005).
Use alcohol-based surface disinfectants with virucidal activity. Suitable
agents are those, for instance, based on alcohols, aldehyde cleavers and
quaternary compounds*. Use them according to manufacturer's
instructions.
* List of disinfection methods that have been tested in accordance with the "Richtlinien für
die Prüfung chemischer Desinfektionsmittel" [Guidelines for testing chemical disinfectants]
and the "Anforderungskatalog" [Requirements catalogue] of the DGHM (Deutsche
Gesellschaft für Hygiene und Mikrobiologie e V.) [=German Society for Hygiene and
Microbiology] based on the DGHM standard methods for testing chemical disinfection
methods and have been found to be efficacious by the Desinfektionsmittel-Kommission
[=Disinfectants Commission] of the DGHM in collaboration with representatives of the
following professional associations: DGKH (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Krankenhaushygiene
e. V.) [=German Society for Hospital Hygiene], GHU (Gesellschaft für Hygiene und
Umweltmedizin e. V.) [=German Society for Hygiene and Environmental Medicine], DVV
(Deutsche Vereinigung zur Bekämpfung der Viruskrankheiten e.V.) [=German Association
for the Control of Viral Diseases] and DVG (Deutsche Veterinärmedizinische Gesellschaft e.
V.) [=German Veterinary Society]
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