Evaluation of adding ethylene diamine tetra-acetic acid (EDTA)‎ to iodophor on their microbicidal efficacy

الملخص EN

The antimicrobial activity of iodophor (I) was investigated before and after adding of ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) (30 mg / mL) in quantitative suspension test and surface disinfectant test against Candida albicans, Escherichia coli, Salmonella typhimurium and Staphylococcus aureus.

The results showed that iodophor with EDTA was significantly more effective than iodophor, EDTA and control .The most significant time was between 1 and 5h and in the strain of Staphylococcus aureus.

Candida albicans was the most resistant ,followed by Salmonella typhimurium, then Escherichia coli and the most sensitive was Staphylococcus aureus.