There are many types of antibacterial agents for biological reagents, such as acids, bases and their salts, neutral compounds, mercury compounds, and quaternary amine compounds. Preservatives have a killing effect on microbial propagules, but for spores they can't develop into propagules and gradually die. Different types of preservatives have different mechanisms of action. For example, alcohols can denature pathogenic microorganism proteins; phenylmethylbenzene and parabens can combine with pathogenic microorganism enzyme systems to compete for their coenzymes; cationic surfactants, etc. It is by reducing the surface tension to increase the permeability of the bacterial cell membrane.

GB/T 26367-2010 Hygienic Standard for Guanidine Disinfectants This standard is applicable to disinfectants that use chlorhexidine acetate, chlorhexidine gluconate or polyhexamethylene biguanide as the bactericidal ingredients, and ethanol and/or water as the solvent;

The microbiological indicators, microbiological indicators, test bacteria suspension concentration, and detection time of the two types of wet wipes are quite different. Compared with sanitary wipes, the testing requirements/test indicators of disinfection wipes are more stringent, which is more effective for disinfection. The choice and amount of agent are more cautious.

The Department of Health's Pest Management (PMRA) in Canada will gradually eliminate the registration of phenoxyquinol and the registration of the Quintec fungicide (active ingredient: phenoxyquinoline). Phenoxyquinoline meets the standards for Track 1 substances under the Toxic Substances Management Policy (TSMP). PMRA requires the following implementation schedule to phase out the use of phenoxyquinol and Quintec bactericides on a variety of fruit and vegetable crops.