Aldehydes, antiseptic/disinfectant

Alcohols and aldehydes have been used as antiseptics and disinfectants fur many ycars. Two of the mo.si commonly used antiseptics and disinfectants are ethyl and isopropyl alcohol. 

IVIost aldehydes have irritating, unpleasant odors. Formalin, an aqueous solution of formaldehyde, has often been used to preserve biological tissues and for embalming. It has also been used to disinfect environmental surfaces, body fluids, and feces. Under no circumstances is it used as an antiseptic on human tissue because of its noxious fumes and the skin irritation that it causes. 

Disinfectants and antiseptics Alcohols, aldehydes, and acids Ethanol, formaldehyde, acetic acid Isopropanol, glutaraldehyde, salicylic acid... 

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