Patent ID: 9585398
Date: 2017-03-07
CPC Classifications: A01N,A61K,A61P,Y02A

Claim:
1. A method for hand disinfection, which comprises contacting hands with a composition or applying a composition on hands, the composition comprising the following (a), (b), (c) and (d), but no other microbicidal disinfecting agents intended for microbicidal disinfection: (a) 50 to 90% (w/w) of ethanol, isopropyl alcohol or a mixture thereof; (b) 0.1 to 2% (w/w) of lactic acid; (c) 0.01 to 2% (w/w) of citric acid; and (d) about 0.001 (w/w) to 0.1% (w/w) of a zinc-containing compound which releases zinc ion in solution, relative to the whole disinfectant.