Alcohols are Used For

Question

Alcohols are used for
A) disinfection.
B) sterilization.
C) antisepsis.
D) both sterilization and disinfection.
E) both antisepsis and disinfection.

Accepted Answer

Alcohols are effective in both antisepsis (applied to living tissue to prevent infection) and disinfection (applied to inanimate objects to reduce the level of microbes). However, they are not effective for sterilization because they do not kill all types of microbes such as bacterial spores.