In 2005, Hunt had just moved from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, where the animal facilities did not use quat disinfectants, to Washington State University, where quats were used.

Quat disinfectants are deployed in a wide variety of places, including homes, hospitals, slaughterhouses, dairy farms, subway trains, and movie theaters.

In the face of a persistent global pandemic, disinfectants are more important than ever. These products sometimes rely on quaternary ammonium compounds, or "quats," to kill bacteria and viruses on ...

3 M announced today that its TB Quat Disinfectant Ready-to-Use Cleaner has been approved by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for kill claims against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.

Quaternary ammonium compounds—QACs or "quats" for short—are also among the active ingredients that may be found in household cleaning products such as disinfecting wipes.

Many commercial household cleaning products that contain a disinfectant likely contain QUATs, for example, disinfectant wipes ...

But widespread use of disinfectants and heavy-duty cleaners has also ushered in new research on “quats” — which stands for quaternary ammonium compounds (sometimes called QACs). Quats are a ...

Quaternary ammonium compounds—QACs or “quats” for short—are also among the active ingredients ... and rodents who lived in facilities that were cleaned with quat-based disinfectants. ...

Our registered disinfectant products are regulated by the U.S. EPA,” said Rita Gorenberg, a spokesperson for Clorox. Some Clorox products, including disinfecting wipes contain quats.

We get used to the new normal – sanitization – in the COVID-19 world. Every day, we apply various chemical disinfectants in our homes, offices and classrooms, aiming to kill the novel coronavirus on ...

It seems like such a simple and easy way to clean up a dirty surface: wipe it down with a disinfecting wipe, the kind of product sold in easy-to-grab cylindrical canisters. Indeed, in the earliest ...