Alcohols are specifically NOT recommended for solid surface disinfection. Ethanol will kill the spectrum of viruses if immersed long enough. Isopropyl alcohol will miss some non-lipid viruses such as Adenovirus.
Alcohols have a problem if there is protein material present.
They form a coagulum that prevents penetration to the deeper layers. BL-3 Personnel should know the specific agent to be eliminated and study inactivation kinetics for each disinfectant to pick best one. Aqueous alcohol solutions can be a good agent to clean a surface to remove phenolics if a sticky residue gets to be too much of a problem. Aqueous alcohol solutions are also good to remove Clorox or Alcide after 5 minutes of contact time to prevent oxidation of metals and plastics. Iodophor surgical scrubs are best.