ABSTRACT
A disinfectant is an agent that frees from infection; usually, a chemical agent which destroys disease germs or other harmful microorganisms (but not, ordinarily, bacterial spores); commonly used of substances applied to inanimate objects. Different disinfectants are tested in this study, namely Tetmosol, Hypo and Izal, against different clinically obtained multi-antibiotic resistant bacterial isolates, gotten from the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH) culture bank, so as to determine the effectiveness of each disinfectant when dealing with the bacterial isolates. To better understand the coverage of each disinfectant, some of the most commonly used disinfectants are alcohols, aldehydes, silver compounds, etc. There were multiple tests carried out to determine the quality of the different disinfectants being tested, these tests include: Biochemical tests carried out on the isolates for characterization and identification, pH of the disinfectants used in the study, minimum inhibitory concentration, minimum bactericidal concentration, and phenol coefficient test, carried out to determine the potency of a disinfectant. The different disinfectants used in the study showed varying results when dealing with the different bacterial isolates, with Hypo being the most effective. Disinfectants are crucial in the prevention and control of the spread of diseases.
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