Disinfectant composition providing sustained residual biocidal action
First Claim
1. A disinfectant composition comprisinga film-forming antimicrobial material, an antimicrobial metallic material, and a carrier, wherein said composition, when applied to a surface, forms a non-permanent, adherent, water-insoluble film, wherein said metallic material is non-leachably bound to or associated with the film, wherein said film does not elute antimicrobial materials into contacting water at levels capable of inparting disinfecting action to said water, and wherein said film is removable by treatment with an alcohol solution.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a composition that, when applied to a substrate, forms an adherent, transparent, water insoluble polymeric film on the substrate surface that provides sustained antimicrobial disinfecting action for prolonged periods, without the necessity for reapplication. The coating provides surface disinfecting action by a contact-killing mechanism, and does not release its components into contacting solutions at levels that would result in solution disinfection. The polymeric film formed by the composition of the invention can be removed by treatment with dilute alcoholic base.
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1. A disinfectant composition comprising
a film-forming antimicrobial material, an antimicrobial metallic material, and a carrier, wherein said composition, when applied to a surface, forms a non-permanent, adherent, water-insoluble film, wherein said metallic material is non-leachably bound to or associated with the film, wherein said film does not elute antimicrobial materials into contacting water at levels capable of inparting disinfecting action to said water, and wherein said film is removable by treatment with an alcohol solution.
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