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Bactericidal Efficacy of "Antibacterial (Jokin)" Products

Shigeharu OIE and Shinya KAWAI
Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sanyo-Onoda City University

Commercially available "antimicrobial (Jokin) "products for use on environmental surfaces with claims and descriptions such as "Jokin,""alcohol," and "99.9%" were examined for microbicidal effects on Enterococcus faecalis. We found that 13 of 28 (46.4%) products tested had no bactericidal effects after 5-min contact with the microbes. Of the 14 products with ethanol (ranging from 7.9 to 65.7 vol%), 1 (7.1%) had no bactericidal effect. Of the ten products with chlorine compounds (ranging from 0.06 to 144 ppm), all (100%) had no bactericidal effect. We found that close to half of all products with "antibacterial (Jokin)" effects had no bactericidal effect.

Key words：Jokin, environment, disinfection

e-mail: oie＠rs.socu.ac.jp

Received: November 18, 2020
Accepted: January 14, 2021

36 (3)：157─160,2021