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14/01/2020

Which product can I use for noroviruses?

When dealing with noroviruses, use products which have at least an efficacy of: limited spectrum virucidal activity.

According to the RKI, surface disinfectants with one of the following spectrums of action are to be used for surface disinfection:

"low level" virucidal efficacy (i.e., without enteroviruses) in accordance with the DVV. carrier test (Modified Vaccinia virus Ankara (MVA)/Vaccinia virus, Adenovirus and MNV are used here as test viruses).

virucidal efficacy according to the RKI test method. This includes products on the RKI list with a sphere of action A and B (virucidal).

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