What is the difference between a disinfectant and an antibacterial cleaner?

When it comes to cleaning your office, there are so many different types of cleaning products on the market that it's hard to know what's best for your needs. Are spray cleaners better? Will the wipes work? What is the difference between disinfectants and antibacterial cleaners? And does it matter which one you use?


Well, hopefully we can help solve your office cleaning dilemma with our guide on the difference between disinfectants and antibacterial cleaners.

Keeping your office clean is important to ensure the health and well-being of all your staff members and this is especially important during COVID-19 as touching contaminated surfaces can spread the virus.

Knowing what types of cleaning products to use on different surfaces inside your office must ensure that every inch of your workplace is clean and safe for your staff and visitors to use.

So, read on to know more about the difference between disinfectants and antibacterial cleaners and when they should be used.

What do disinfectant cleaners do?

Cleaning products that claim to disinfect the surface are designed to kill any germs or bacteria they come in contact with. Disinfectants usually contain a few hard chemicals, such as peroxides, also called bleach, diluted in a solution that is safe to use at home or in the office.

One important thing to note is that disinfection is not always a cleaning and sanitizing process.

The goal of disinfection is to remove any traces of germs and bacteria from the surface, but due to the inability to prepare the disinfectant, they cannot clean the sticky residue and other impurities.

Therefore, if you have dirt on any surface or any marks that you want to remove and you want to disinfect that surface, it is best to clean it first with a regular multi-purpose cleaner. And then go with the disinfectant on it. This way you both clean the dirty area to remove any marks and dirt and disinfect it to remove any bacteria and germs.

Some multi-purpose products claim that they will be able to disinfect the surface when cleaned. However, germs need to be left on the surface for between 5 and 10 minutes to be completely effective in removing germs and bacteria. Due to the solid chemicals present in the disinfectant, it is recommended that you wear gloves when using this type of product to disinfect the surface in your office.

What do antibacterial cleaners do?

You may have seen advertisements for cleaning products that claim to be 99.9% effective in killing bacteria. However, what do these antibacterial cleaners actually do?

As bacteria multiply at the microscopic level, even a small number of bacteria can spread rapidly as individual bacteria reproduce by doubling over a short period of time.

Antibacterial cleaners contain compounds that inhibit or stop this growth of bacteria. This means that any bacteria living on the surface will stop multiplying when they come in contact with antibacterial cleaning agents.

These types of cleaning agents come in two different forms; Non-residual and residual antibacterials. Non-residual antibacterial cleaning agents include alcohol, chlorine and peroxide or bleach, they do not leave any permanent residue on the surface.

Residual antibacterial agents include chemical compounds such as triclosan and tricloscarbons that leave a residue on the surface to provide permanent protection against bacteria.

Many antibacterial cleaners are also disinfectants, however, they have been marketed to focus more on their antibacterial properties rather than disinfection potential.

Should you use a disinfectant or antibacterial cleaner in your office?

If you are trying to protect your office from other viruses like COVID-19 and the flu, special antibacterial cleaning agents will not help.

This is because Covid-19 is not spread by bacteria, it is a virus and viruses have a distinct cell structure that needs to be removed by bacteria separately.

However, this does not mean that you should not use any antibacterial cleaner in your office! There are more germs and bacteria still floating around the coronavirus, and properly cleaning your workspace with antibacterial cleaning agents can help protect your office and staff from disease.

Products such as antibacterial wipes and sprays can be effective for cleaning high-end areas such as keyboards, computers, computers, phones and keypads.

When cleaning your office or workplace, it is best to use the most intended cleaning products to remove any contaminants to ensure that it is clean and then all Follow up with a disinfectant product to sterilize germs, remove viruses and bacteria


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