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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Apr 16.
Published in final edited form as: Environ Sci Technol. 2019 Apr 2;53(8):4045–4062. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.8b05274

Table 1.

Decontamination Effcacya Synopsis for Liquid Sporicidesb under Selected Conditions and Materialsc

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a

Effcacy: Horizontal green lines LR ≥ 6 or complete inactivation; Orange trellis, 6 > LR ≥ 3; complete red fill, LR < 3; no fill, not tested; vertical, mixed results.

b

DB, dilute bleach; EasyDec, EasyDecon; DecGrn, DeconGreen, other sporicide abbreviations defined in abbreviations section.

c

Lam, decorative laminate; PWP, painted wallboard paper; Concr, concrete; Asph, asphalt; Carp, carpet; Ceil tile, ceiling tile.

d

Concentration in mg/L unless otherwise noted; for pAB/DB and NaDCC, concentration is ppm FAC.

e

Number of spray applications or Imm., surface was immersed in liquid; fog, surface was fogged with liquid.

f

Contact time in minutes (unless otherwise noted) until surface was neutralized or sampled; dried, surface dried overnight before sampling;for fog applications, contact time is the time elapsed after fogging of liquid completed (dwell time).

g

Baa, B. anthracis ames; Bg, B. globigii/atrophaeus; Bs, B. subtilis.

h

Stainless steel, aluminum or galvanized metal.

i

Granite, porcelain, or ceramic.

j

Efficacy reported as surface log reduction (chemical inactivation and physical removal) with viable spores in neutralized rinsate/runoff and carpet vacuumed before treatment.

k

Surface inoculated with aerosolized spores,

L

hours,

m

wt % concentration NaDCC in formulation.

n

ppm of HP in formulation.

o

Soil received 12 applications of PAA.

p

g/L of Oxone in formulation.