Originally Posted by
OpMidClimax
Actually on the manufacture website,
Sani-Com - Celeste Industries Corporation, the msds claims 20 to 24% ethanol per package. That include the textile towelette in the equation.
On the technical sheet it claims, "Kills 99.999% of bacteria, within 15 seconds, when used as a hand sanitizer."
Normally in a micro lab, to confirm an effective biocide, it is challenge tested against different bacterium and organisms. High concentration EtOH has been proven to be a very effective biocide in many studies. Note that it requires a high contraction of ethanol.
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I’m pretty sure that ethanol in sani wipes is used as a soluble liquid for the actual killing agent.
but I don’t know if sani wipe is generic name.