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Benzalkonium Chloride

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Benzalkonium chloride is a mixture of alkylbenzyl dimethylammonium chlorides. It is a rapidly acting surface disinfectant and detergent active against both gram-negative and gram-positive bacteria and certain viruses, fungi, yeasts, and protozoa; applied topically to the skin and mucous membranes. Benzalkonium chloride and hexachlorophine are used primarily as hand scrubs or face washes. Benzalkonium may also find application is a disinfecting agent for instruments, and in low concentration as a preservative for drugs including ophthalmic solutions. It is inactivated by organic compounds, including soap, and must not be applied to areas which have not been fully rinsed. This chemical lowers surface tension permitting better penetration of meatal skin. It also is a cationic germicide of high bactericidal and bacteriostatic potency. It is also used as an antimicrobial preservative in ophthalmic solutions.

INCI: n-ALKYL DIMETHYL BENZYL AMMONIUM CHLORIDE