Table 2.
SARS-CoV-2 susceptibility to various disinfectants
| Virus titre (log TCID50/ml) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Disinfectant (working concentration) | 5 min | 15 min | 30 min |
| Household bleach (1:49) | U | U | U |
| Household bleach (1:99) | U | U | U |
| Hand soap solution (1:49) | 3.6a | U | U |
| Ethanol (70%) | U | U | U |
| Povidone-iodine (7.5%) | U | U | U |
| Chloroxylenol (0.05%) | U | U | U |
| Chlorhexidine (0.05%) | U | U | U |
| Benzalkonium chloride (0.1%) | U | U | U |
U, undetected. From https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanmic/article/PIIS2666-5247(20)30003-3/fulltext.
aOnly one of the three independent triplicate reactions tested was positive.