Description
THE ULTIMATE BROAD SPECTRUM
VIRUCIDAL DISINFECTANT
- Powerful - independently proven effective against
all virus families affecting man and animals
- Friendly - to man, animals and the environment
- Complete control - aerial, surface and water
system disinfectant
GENERAL PROPERTIES
- Unique product - patented in over 20 countries and used worldwide.
Powerful
- The most proven livestock disinfectant in the world.
- Fast acting- 1% solution independently proven to kill bacteria and fungi in less than 5 minutes and parvovirus in less than 10 minutes.
- Independently proven effective on porous surfaces such as wood, against organic challenge, in hard water and at low temperature.
- High levels of surfactancy with acidic and oxidising power provide superior destruction of biofilms.
- UK MAFF approved at exceptionally high dilutions:-
Foot & Mouth Disease 1:1300 and General Orders 1:120
Swine Vesicular Disease 1:200, Diseases of Poultry Order 1:280.
Friendly and Convenient
- Friendly to man, animals and the environment.
- Non-tainting, no environmental residue problems, of exceptionally low toxicity.
- A powder for easy storage and transportation and accurate dilution - readily soluble in tepid water.
Versatile
- Complete control - aerial, surface and water system disinfectant.
- Can be applied to surfaces and equipment to clean and disinfect in a one step operation - passes AOAC detergent sanitizer test at 1:200 dilution.
- Suitable for use in all types of poultry and animal housing, fish farms, greenhouses and veterinary surgeries.
CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
- COMPOSITION: A balanced, stabilised blend of peroxygen compounds, surfactant, organic acids, and an inorganic buffer system.
- APPEARANCE: Pink/grey powder (yellow/orange in US). ODOUR: Faint lemon odour.
- ACTIVITY: Strong oxidising system.
- STABILITY: Powder: 2.3% average loss of initial activity after 36 months at 20°C. 1% solution: 10% loss of initial activity after 7 days in 350ppm hard water.
- SOLUBILITY: Readily soluble in tepid water giving a clear pink solution (yellow in US).
- CORROSIVITY: No corrosive effects on mild or stainless steel when used as directed.
- HYDROGEN ION CONCENTRATION: 1% solution - pH2.6.
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
- Ecotoxity: "Non toxic" according to EU standards for soil toxicity; lower aquatic toxicity than peracetic acid and will not present a threat to sewage treatment facilities when used as directed. Water Research Council UK.
- Environmental effect: "In the dilution normally encountered all of the Virkon S ingredients are either decomposed and/or biodegraded and are comparatively harmless. The triple salt of potassium monopersulphate will decompose into harmless by-products. In the aqueous environment the product will eventually degrade and should pose no problem to sewage treatment processes" Anglian Water, August 1994
- Biochemical Oxygen Demand: In a 5 day Biochemical Oxygen Demand test carried out by Anglian Water a 1% solution of Virkon S (subsequently diluted to a level typically found in effluent streams) did not inhibit the BOD test. From this it can be concluded that Virkon S was degradable under the conditions of test and as such would not afffect the functioning of sewage treatment plants.
- Biodegradeability; Virkon S consists mainly of inorganic salts which decompose into harmless by-products. The surfactant is a salt of a straight chain alkyl benzene sulphonate complying with EEC directive 82/243, giving more than 90% biodegradibility under OECD test conditions.
SAFETY
- Exposure: No occupational exposure limits are specified for Virkon S components according to the requirements laid down in Health and Safety Executive Guidance Note EH 40/95 under the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health, (COSHH) Regulations, 1994.
- Irritancy: At 1% in use dilution Virkon S is classified as:- Non-irritant to skin, Non-irritant to eyes, when tested according to EU Directive 67/548/EEC.
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