Introduction
The effective use of disinfectants is part of a multibarrier strategy to prevent health-care–associated infections. In the absence of a regulatory body like EPA in India the disinfectants choice /use becomes more of individual based choice rather than scientific or evidence based. There is little or no awareness or impact of these chemicals on the health care workers(HCW) in the long term. Because efficacy testing cannot be performed by the laboratories belonging to small hospitals, one has to solely rely upon the literature provided by the manufacturer regarding the efficiency of the disinfectants. Almost all the manufacturers claim their disinfectant as a broad-spectrum antimicrobial agent suitable for diverse applications. [1]CDC recommends that persons or committees responsible for selecting disinfectants should be guided by information in the scientific literature.[2].