All of the following are the Sporicidal agents among the following except -: (A) Bleaching powder and ethylene oxide, (B) Ethyl and isopropyl alcohol, (C) Iodine and chlorine compounds, (D) Hydrogen peroxide and bleaching powder
Answer is B. Ethyl and isopropyl alcohol are potent bactericidal, fungicidal, virucidal and tuberculocidal, but does not destroy bacterialspores . Chlorine and chlorine compounds : They are potent bactericidal, fungicidal, sporicidal, tuberculocidal and virucidal. Iodine is bactericidal, fungicidal, virucidal and lethal to spore-bearing organisms. Hydrogen peroxide is bactericidal, virucidal, sporicidal and fungicidal. Ethylene oxide which kills bacteria, spores and viruses.