AEGIS VES 240® Disinfectant

AEGIS VES 240® Disinfectant: How It Works

AEGIS VES 240® helps remove unwanted germs from surfaces, and the active ingredient is free from bleach, dyes, and phosphates. It has a long and safe history of use against a broad spectrum of viruses, bacteria, and fungi. The chart below provides a few select organisms; please contact your account manager or view the label for a complete listing:

AEGIS® Disinfectant: How It Works

Microbes are naturally occurring microorganisms that multiply when they attach to surfaces and absorb its available nutrients. While they can survive under a variety of conditions, they thrive in warm, humid, moisture-rich environments. Soils and other organic matter present on or within building materials, furnishings, and other objects provide these microorganisms a rich source of nutrients.

Cleaning is the removal of germs, soil, dirt, debris, salts, oils, blood from objects or surfaces. While regular cleaning practices are important, germs are not killed. AEGIS VES 240 disinfection protection is applied to inanimate surfaces or objects to kill and inactivate contaminating microbes. This disinfectant use is a critical step in destroying viruses, bacteria, and fungi, contributing to a systems approach to clean.

The mechanisms of the disinfecting action of AEGIS VES 240®

Quaternary ammonium salts (QAS) are also commonly called “Quats.” Multi-Quat Disinfectant, like AEGIS VES 240, contains a combination of different QAS as the active component. QAS are cationic molecules that possess antimicrobial activity against a wide range of microbes, including Gram-Positive and Gram-Negative bacteria, fungi, and some viruses.

In its most basic form, quaternary ammonium is a permanently charged cation with a central nitrogen atom surrounded by four R-groups, most commonly alkyl or aryl groups. Chemically, QAS are organically substituted ammonium compounds in which the nitrogen atom has a valence of 5. Four of the substituent radicals (R1-R4) are alkyl or heterocyclic radicals of a given size or chain length, and the fifth (X-) is a halide, sulfate, or similar radical. Each compound exhibits its own antimicrobial characteristics. Some quaternary ammonium compounds remain active in hard water and are tolerant of anionic residues. The activity and efficacy of a QAS is dependent on the length of the alkyl chain, the presence of a perfluorinated group, and the number of cationic ammonium groups.