Disinfectant for display screen surfaces of electronic devices comprising a ternary mixture of alcohols

• Main Authors: FEHLING STEPHANIE, KRUG BARBARA, BLO RICHARD
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 17.11.2015
• Subjects: AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE OILS, FATS, FATTY SUBSTANCES AND WAXES; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BIOCIDES, e.g. AS DISINFECTANTS, AS PESTICIDES, AS HERBICIDES; CANDLES; CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS, ORSURGICAL ARTICLES; CHEMISTRY; DETERGENT COMPOSITIONS; DETERGENTS; DISINFECTION, STERILISATION, OR DEODORISATION OF AIR; FATTY ACIDS THEREFROM; FISHING; FORESTRY; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HUNTING; HYGIENE; MATERIALS FOR BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS, OR SURGICALARTICLES; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; METALLURGY; METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR STERILISING MATERIALS OR OBJECTS INGENERAL; PEST REPELLANTS OR ATTRACTANTS; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PRESERVATION OF BODIES OF HUMANS OR ANIMALS OR PLANTS OR PARTSTHEREOF; RECOVERY OF GLYCEROL; RESIN SOAPS; SOAP OR SOAP-MAKING; TRAPPING; USE OF SINGLE SUBSTANCES AS DETERGENTS

The invention relates to a method for disinfecting display screen surfaces of electronic devices. Mobile communication devices, especially those which a reused in the medical sector, have plastic surfaces, often in the form of display screen surfaces. These surfaces cannot be disinfected with conventional alcoholic disinfectants. The disinfectant used in this invention contains a mixture of ethanol, 1-propanol and 2-propanol, an antimicrobial, amphoteric surfactant and water. This disinfectant enables effective eradication of microorganisms such as fungi, bacteria and yeasts, and has the further advantage of being compatible with the materials of the surfaces.