EPA Launches New List of Disinfectants Effective Against HIV, Hepatitis B, and Hepatitis C Viruses
Released on February 26, 2024
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has combined and updated information from several disinfectant lists to create a new list titled “EPA-Registered Antimicrobial Products Effective Against Bloodborne Pathogens (HIV, Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C) [List S]." EPA launched this new disinfectant list to increase the accessibility, accuracy, and functionality of the information for all readers, including health care providers and hospital staff.
The new List S combines product information from the following former EPA disinfectant lists:
- List C: EPA’s Registered Antimicrobial Products Effective Against Human HIV-1 Virus;
- List D: EPA’s Registered Antimicrobial Products Effective Against Human HIV-1 and Hepatitis B Virus;
- List E: EPA’s Registered Antimicrobial Products Effective Against Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Human HIV-1 and Hepatitis B Virus; and
- List F: EPA’s Registered Disinfectants for use Against Hepatitis C.
EPA Lists C, D, E and F are now retired and will be redirected to the new List S.
This new list includes products that are effective against HIV, Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C viruses and specifies which products are not effective against one or more of these viruses. For example, if a product is only effective against HIV it will be included on the list but will have “NA” for “not applicable” for Hepatitis B and C.
EPA has reviewed required laboratory testing demonstrating that products on the new list kill HIV, Hepatitis B and/or Hepatitis C viruses. The list does not include supplemental distributer products, which are products that have the same chemical composition and efficacy as primary products, but often have different brand or product names. Information on how to identify the registration number of a disinfectant product, and how to determine if the product is a supplemental distributer, is available online.
If you have a product that is eligible for inclusion but not on the new list, please email disinfectantslist@epa.gov. Please provide the EPA registration number and specific bloodborne pathogen for which the product is effective.
For additional questions about the new list or the pesticide registration process, please contact pesticidequestions@epa.gov.
More information from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention can be found below.
- HIV is a virus that attacks the immune system and other parts of the body.
- Hepatitis B is a virus that attacks the liver and other parts of the body.
- Hepatitis C is a virus that attacks the liver and other parts of the body.
- HIV, Hepatitis B virus, and Hepatitis C virus are bloodborne pathogens that health care, emergency response, and public safety workers and employers should protect against.
Products effective against Mycobacterium tuberculosis can still be found on EPA’s Registered Antimicrobial Products Effective Against Mycobacterium tuberculosis (TB) [List B].