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Background Knowledge
List of disinfectants and disinfection procedures tested and approved by the Robert Koch-Institute
In Germany in the case of officially ordered decontaminations, § 18 of the Federal Law on the Prevention of Infectious Diseases in Humans (IfSG) regulates that only measures and procedures may be used, which have been
- tested for their efficacy by the Robert Koch-Institute (RKI),
- tested for their efficacy by the Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices (BfArM),
- tested for health and environment friendliness by the Federal Environment Agency (UBA) and
- registered in a list.
This list is published in the ‘Bundesgesundheitsblatt’.
The RKI list distinguishes two effect areas:
- Effect area A proves efficacy against bacteria and fungi. Products with this spectrum of effect should for example be used for officially ordered decontaminations in case of salmonella, listeria or MRSA epidemics.
- Effect area B proves the product’s virucidal activity. Agents with this spectrum of effect should for example be used for officially ordered decontaminations in case of norovirus outbreaks.
- Effect area C proves the ability to kill spores of the anthrax pathogen.
- Products listed in effect area D should be used for killing spores of gas edema and tetanus pathogens.
Further information:
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