CHAPTER 10 



The Effect of Chemicals 

 on Microorganisms 



DEFINITIONS 



CHARACTERISTICS OF AN IDEAL DISINFECTANT 



FACTORS INFLUENCING DISINFECTION 



SPECIFIC COMPOUNDS EMPLOYED AS DISINFECTANTS 



CHEMICAL REACTIONS INVOLVED IN DISINFECTION 



METHODS OF EVALUATING AND STANDARDIZING 

 DISINFECTANTS 



SOAPS AND DETERGENTS 



BACTERIOSTATIC AND BACTERICIDAL ACTION OF DYES 



DENTIFRICES 



FLUORIDATION OF PUBLIC WATER SUPPLIES 



DEFINITIONS 



Chemical agents are known to affect living organisms in various 

 ways, and this knowledge is the foundation of a multi-milHon dol- 

 lar industry— drugs and biologicals. Many products are being sold 

 on the market today in tremendous volume simply because the 

 wording on the labels and in the advertising has sufficient appeal to 

 convince hordes of persons that their lives are incomplete unless 



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