Everyone would like to think their Disinfectant is sterile enough to kill all the germs found on unsanitary surfaces and places. But unfortunately, that is frequently not the case. And then the embarrassment of making your Doctor alert to the fact that you had no choice but to go in and see him because you have been using a weak disinfectant to clean your scrapes and wounds. So, where do you go to get the best disinfectant? The Natural health market, your local pharmacy, or from a shady guy standing at the back of an alley? Rather, research and explore the key factors to ensure your disinfectant is sterile before buying the wrong product again.
What does a sterile disinfectant do?
A sterile disinfectant cleans your surfaces from all germs that could have come from your raw chicken, little bugs from your vegetable and fruits, or germs of bodily fluids such as mucus or saliva on the packets you carried from the grocery store.
Moreover, you need a sterile disinfectant to clean a wound that has been opened and has blood, fat, or tissue visible before it becomes infected. In addition, sterilization with disinfectant is used to clean apparatuses such as nail clippers and other items that can transfer dirt into a person’s skin.
Therefore, a disinfectant has distinct features that indicate whether it is sterile enough.
How strong does it smell?
Very strong. The disinfectant smell is strong when the chlorine, hypochlorite, and chloramines count in the disinfectant are high. The strongest disinfectants can only be used if the people handling them are wearing masks to protect their skin, noses, and eyes from being burnt. Furthermore, disinfectant products that are this strong can corrode grime and dirt from porcelain surfaces such as toilet pots, basins, and shower cubicles.
However, a strong-smelling disinfectant burns because it doesn’t clean a surface but rather burns through porous surfaces. Thus, a strong-smelling disinfectant uses its smells to disrupt the senses, like placing chlorine over a person’s mouth and nose to render them unconscious rather than give you a sterile environment.
What colour is good for disinfectant?
Alcohol-based disinfectants used to sterilize equipment in hospitals and surgeries are white, while other chlorine-based disinfectants can be red or pale yellow. Neither one nor the other are purer because of colour; rather, the purity is determined by which chlorine chain is in the disinfectant. Furthermore, the colour is due to the mixing of the chemicals.
Mixing chemicals: Dangerous or Smart
Cleaning services for hotels and motels tend to mix chemicals without prior knowledge because they believe the more you mix, the stronger the disinfectant will become. However, this is not the case. Mixing chemicals is a precise equation and requires certain chemical bonds to form to make compounds strong or weak, or in most cases, just the same intensity. Therefore, mixing chemicals can be very dangerous, especially if you have no idea what you are doing. Moreover, opt to go to a store specialising in disinfectants and ask for advice.
Conclusion
In conclusion, you can now say that a sterile disinfectant is not necessarily determined by how strong it smells or how red it looks but by which chemical composition it is made up of. In addition, you need to ensure that your disinfectant is very sterile as all micro organisms living on your home surfaces are harmful and need to be swept away by a cloth drenched in pure disinfectant because as tiny as they are, they are known deadly pathogens able to infect all living creatures.
