Table 1.
Started solutions of chemical agents, their concentrations and pH values, which were used for the MIC tests.
| Chemical Agent | Solution | Solution |
| Concentrations (%) | pH values | |
| QACs – Quaternarium Ammonium Compounds | 0.5 | 6.3–6.9 |
| Chlorhexidine digluconate | 4.0,0.1,1.0 | 6.18–6.95 |
| Glutaraldehyde | 2.0, 1.5 | 7.14 |
| Formaldehyde | 0.5, 2.3 | 7.79 |
| Alcohol: Ethanol (EtOH) or Isopropanol | 70.0 | 5.50 (EtOH) |
| 70.0 | 6.59 (Isopropanol) | |
| Ethanol (EtOH) plus glycerin | 70.0 (EtOH) + 2.0 (glycerin) | 5.94 |
| Ethanol (EtOH) plus iodine | 70.0 (EtOH) + 1.0 (I2) | 5.50 |
| 70.0 (EtOH) + 10.0 (I2) | 5.50 | |
| Pvp-I2 – topic: Aqueous polyvinylpyrolidone-iodine | 10.0 (I2) | 5.32–5.95 |
| Pvp-I2 – soap – Aqueous Pvp-I2 into lauryl ether sulfate (25% w/v) | 10.0 (I2) | 5.72 |
| Pvp-I2 – Alcoholic Pvp-I2 into ethanol (70% v/v) | 10.0 (I2) | 2.04–2.90 |
| CRAs – Chlorine releasing agents – Sodium hypochlorite (NaOCl) into | 1.0 total free chlorine | > 9.0 |
| phosphate buffer at pH = 7.0 | 0.1 total free chlorine | 7.0–7.6 |
| NaDCC – Sodium dichloro-isocyanurate | 1.0 total free chlorine | 6.70 |
| H2O2 – Hydrogen Peroxide | 4.0 | 3.3 |
| Peracetic Acid (PAA) at 3.7%. pH = 3.03. | 3.7 | 3.03 |