Hydroalcoholic solution based on benzalkonium chloride for disinfecting intact skin and surfaces. Indicated for disinfecting the intact skin and hands of healthcare personnel and for disinfecting clean, hard surfaces, worktops, furnishings, handles, equipment and restroom facilities in hospitals, clinics, nursing homes, offices, schools, shops, means of transport, etc.

Medical-Surgical Product Reg. No. 18668 of the Ministry of Health

Ingredients:
- Benzalkonium chloride 0.30 %
- Ethyl alcohol 60.0 % *
- Co-formulants and purified water q.s. to 100 %

*Equivalent to 67% v/v ethyl alcohol.

Product characteristics:
Hydroalcoholic solution based on benzalkonium chloride for disinfecting intact skin and surfaces.

- Appearance: Clear, colorless liquid
- Odor: Citrus
- pH: 8.00 ± 0.50

Areas of use:
LH INCOLORE 70 is a disinfectant solution indicated:
- For disinfecting the intact skin and hands of healthcare personnel.
- For disinfecting clean, hard surfaces, worktops, furnishings, handles, equipment and restroom facilities in hospitals, clinics, nursing homes, offices, schools, shops, means of transport, etc.

Directions for use:
For surfaces
- Spray the product onto the surface to be treated, which must have been cleaned beforehand, covering it evenly. Leave to act for at least 1 minute until completely dry.
For skin
- Use undiluted, applying it with gauze or cotton wool or using a nebulizer. Leave to act for at least 1 minute. Repeat the procedure if necessary. 

Mechanism of action:
The outermost surface of bacterial cells generally has a negative charge, often stabilized by divalent cations such as Mg2+ and Ca2+. Cationic antimicrobials often require only a strong positive charge together with a hydrophobic region in order to interact with the cell surface and integrate into the cytoplasmic membrane. This integration into the membrane is sufficient to disrupt its growth and, at the treatment levels associated with disinfectant and antiseptic formulations, is sufficient to cause loss of fluidity, resulting in cell death. The mode of action of quaternary ammonium compounds against bacterial cells has been found to involve general disruption of the lipid bilayer that makes up the bacterial cytoplasmic membrane and the outermost membrane of Gram-negative bacteria. This action leads to a generalized and progressive release of cytoplasmic material into the external environment.
The main microbicidal mode of action of alcohol is related to its coagulating/denaturing action on proteins. Alcohol-induced protein coagulation involves the cell membrane, the cytoplasmic membrane and various plasma proteins. Coagulation of enzymatic proteins leads to a loss of cellular functions. Alcohols target the bacterial cell membrane, resulting in lysis and release of cellular contents.