Patent ID: 8071525

Claim:
A disinfectant composition, comprising water, an alcohol, and a peroxide and a peracid, and from 0.001 ppm to 50,000 ppm by weight of a colloidal transition metal or alloy thereof based on the aqueous vehicle content, said colloidal transition metal or alloy thereof having an average particle size of 0.030 Î¼m to 0.5 Î¼m, wherein the peracid is selected from the group consisting of peroxyformic acid, peroxyacetic acid, peroxyoxalic acid, peroxypropanoic acid, perlactic acid, peroxybutanoic acid, peroxypentanoic acid, peroxyhexanoic acid, peroxyadipic acid, peroxycitric, peroxybenzoic acid and mixtures thereof, and wherein the disinfectant composition is substantially free of aldehydes, chlorine and bromine-containing compositions, iodophore-containing compositions, phenolic-containing compositions, and quaternary ammonium-containing compositions, said disinfectant composition providing a kill level of log 4 or greater within 15 seconds of contact against a target of Staphylococcus aureus bacteria, Francisella tularensis bacteria, Yersinia pestis bacteria, Brucella abortus bacteria, or endospores from Bacillus anthracis bacteria.