Commercial-grade hydrogen peroxide is an effective disinfectant at room temperature after how many minutes?

a. 5 c. 30
b. 10 d. 60


ANS: B
Commercially available 3% solutions of hydrogen peroxide are effective disinfectants of bacteria (including Mycobacteria sp.), fungi, and viruses and are active within 10 minutes at room tem-perature.

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