What is disinfection - definition
Disinfection is an operation used to eliminate or kill micro-organisms and/or inactivate undesirable viruses.
The term disinfection covers 5 different activities:
- Bactericide : Product that kills bacteria
- Levuricide Product that kills yeast
- Fungicide Product that kills fungi (spores and moulds)
- Sporicide : Product that kills bacterial spores
- Virucide : Product that kills viruses
For example, one disinfectant may only be bactericidal, while another may be bactericidal, fungicidal and virucidal.
HYGIENE IS ESSENTIAL TO PROTECT HUMAN HEALTH, WATER, FOOD AND THE ECOSYSTEM.
Why do I need to disinfect regularly?
The result of the disinfection operation is limited to the micro-organisms present at the time of the operation.
Disinfection does not prevent subsequent re-contamination, which is why it must be repeated regularly.
Disinfection is a temporary operation.
What is disinfection used for?
It eliminates or kills micro-organisms and/or inactivates viruses carried on contaminated inert media, depending on the objectives set.
This is why the result of this operation is limited to the organisms present at the time of the operation.
You can only really disinfect what is clean.
Regular disinfection lowers the microbial density below a risk threshold.
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What is the difference between: decontamination, disinfection and sterilisation?
What is disinfection? Definition :
Decontamination Operation designed to eliminate or reduce the number of microbes on living tissue and inert objects to levels considered safe.
Disinfection Operation with momentary results that eliminates or kills micro-organisms and inactivates undesirable viruses.
Sterilisation Sterilisation is an operation that eliminates or completely kills all micro-organisms.
The disinfection process in diagram :
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