TECcare Control Wipes

TECcare Control is a high level, broad spectrum disinfectant cleaner which is effective against all microbial classes up to and including bacterial spores (see the E-Shield Overview table for a summary of its antimicrobial efficacy). Control has been developed as a combined high-level disinfectant / cleaner for all hard and soft surfaces, environments, equipment and air. Control is a powerful lytic agent which is based on the quaternary ammonium compounds benzalkonium chloride and didecyldimethyl ammonium chloride. Quaternary ammonium compounds have multiple affects and points of action within the microbe include:

• Inactivation of energy-producing enzymes
• Denaturation of essential microbial proteins
• Physical disruption of membrane lipids
• Bacterial cell walls

Proteins and lipids are essential components of bacteria, viruses, fungi and bacterial spores. Significant damage to these key microbial components is often fatal for the organism. Control causes rapid and significant changes at multiple sites within the microbe. The magnitude of this affect is so great that it is typically lethal to the microbe within minutes of contact.