NAC449.511. “Intermediate level disinfection” defined.  


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  • “Intermediate level disinfection” means to treat a surface using a chemical germicide or other disinfectant that, when used in accordance with the instructions of the manufacturer of the chemical germicide or other disinfectant or the guidelines established by the facility concerning the chemical germicide or other disinfectant, inactivates microorganisms other than bacterial endospores, including, without limitation:

         1. Viruses;

         2. Fungi; and

         3. Bacteria that are actively growing, including tubercle bacteria.

    Ê The term includes any bleach or any disinfectant that consists of 70 percent or more of ethanol or isopropanol.

     (Added to NAC by Bd. of Health by R130-99, eff. 8-1-2001)