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Nature
SEAL
PHENOL
Phenol (Carbolic acid)
Dark oily liquid with aromatic smeti
Crude phenol is a mixture of phenol and cresol
‘Chemical disinfectant
‘Two percent of phenol destroys and ro f
Side the body) by coagulating he priate
Used as disinfectant and deodorant (> 10%)
‘Used on inanimate objects and excreta
Used as Deodorant (10%) in toilets and for mopping floor
Pure phenol is used as a standard to compare the germicidal a
tants. (Rideal-Walker coefficient).
DETTOL
Dettol
Chloroxyleno!—Antiseptic (used on living tissues)
‘Active against gram +ve but not on gram —ve bacteria.
Inactivated by organic matter.
To clean wounds and ulcers.
5 percent is used for general dist
tact period 15 minute).
/SANLON
uaternary ammonium compound
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Savion
Disinfectant—Q
Combination of ‘Cetavlon and Hibitane
Surface disinfectant
3 minute)
con of plastics (20 minute). thermometer 3 ™
Disinfecti
Disinfect
ion of wounds.stored in dark, cool
Germicidal-effect is by hypc
Disinfection of water
urine and pus
8 a toilet deodorant.
HALOGEN TABLETS
Halogen tablets (Chior
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TINCTURE IODINE
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Liquid disinfectant
Effective skin antiseptic
Quick in action, cheap, stains the skin
May produce allergic reactions
Kills cholera and enteric organisms effectively
Solution used for disinfection of skin
Disinfection of plastic appliance (1 in 2500 aqueous solution
Disinfection of water in camps (1 in 20,000 aqueous solution)
/ ALUM
Alum >
Alum is aluminum sulphate, stony in consistency, white in color
Acts as a chemical coagulant
Helps in sedimentation (settles down the impurities and bacteria in water)
Used to remove turbidity of water before subjecting to rapid sand filtration
(5-40 mgiliter)
Used in deffuoridation of water (Nalgonda technique),
CETAVLON
Cetavion
Disinfectant
Cationic detergent and bactericide ;
Cleaning the skin, washing the hands, cleaning and disinfecting the wounds, stent
izing surgical instruments
SOAP
Soap
Detergent, cleansing agent
Lather formed with water, removes adhering bacteria
Poor disinfecting power
Hand washing, bathing and sanitary measures
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alale Dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane (DDT) oF
White amorphous crystalline powder with fruity odor
Contact poison, acts on the nervous system of insects
Residual action lasts up to 6 month
Para-isomer is the active fraction
mes Widely used insecticide to destroy mosquito.
Application : Residual spray—100 to 300 mg/sq Foot area
Suspension (5%)—One gallon over 1000 sq feet
Environmental pollution, insecticidal resistance,
ings restricts the indiscriminate use of DDT.
\/MOSQUITO COILILIQUID
Mosquito coil/liquid
Insecticide
Coil contains allethrin—One percent
Liquid contains permethrin, transfluthrin
Smoke/Vapor generated acts as an insecticide (kills mosquito)
Insoluble in water, dissolves in organic solvents
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May cause allergic reactions to some
Mosquito REPELLENT
Mosquito repellent
N-methylphthalate, N-