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Table 1 Commonly used disinfectants and alcoholic components which may be interfering substances while using the gas monitor. n (right column) = number of alcoholic components

From: Photoacoustic gas monitoring for anesthetic gas pollution measurements and its cross-sensitivity to alcoholic disinfectants

Alcohol / Disinfectant

Ethyl alcohol

Isopropyl alcohol

N-propanol

Benzyl alcohol

1-tetra-decanol

Biphenyl-2-ol

Glycerol

 

Hand disinfection (hygienic or preoperative)

n

 Ethyl alcohol 80 vol.%

X

      

1

 Isopropyl alcohol 70 vol.%

 

X

     

1

 N-propanol 60 Vol.%

  

X

    

1

 AHD 2000®

X

      

1

 Aktivin® DHH

 

X

     

1

 Aseptoman®

 

X

     

1

 Aseptoman® viral

X

 

X

    

2

 Aseptopur®

 

X

     

1

 Descoderm®

 

X

     

1

 Desderman® pure

X

X

   

X

 

3

 Hospisept®

X

 

X

    

2

 Poly-Alcohol Hands Antiseptic

 

X

     

1

 Promanum pure®

X

X

     

2

 Skinman® clear

  

X

   

X

2

 Skinman® complete

X

      

1

 Skinman® complete pure

X

      

1

 Skinman® soft

 

X

  

X

  

2

 Skinsept® F

 

X

     

1

 Softa-Man®

X

 

X

    

2

 Softa-Man® acute

X

 

X

    

2

 Spitacid®

X

X

 

X

   

3

 Sterillium®

 

X

X

 

X

  

3

 Sterillium® classic pure

  

X

 

X

  

2

 Sterillium® med

X

 

X

 

X

  

3

 Sterillium® virugard

X

   

X

  

2

Skin antiseptics

n

 Cutasept®-F, −G

 

X

     

1

 Kodan® tincture forte

 

X

X

X

 

X

 

4

 Octeniderm®

 

X

X

    

2

 Poly Alcohol colourless

 

X

     

1

Surface disinfection

n

 Amocid Lysoform®

     

X

 

1

 Bacillol® AF

X

X

X

    

3

 Mikrozid® AF liquid

X

 

X

    

2

Total [n]

15

17

13

2

5

3

1