What surface disinfectants are effective in safeguarding against COVID-19?
EPA’s Office of Pesticides Programs maintains a list of products that meet EPA’s criteria for use against SAR-CoV-2, the germ that causes COVID-19. This list of disinfectants is called List N. You can find List N and other helpful information at: www.epa.gov/coronavirus/about-list-n-disinfectants-coronavirus-covid-19-0.
EPA’s Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance (OECA) issued a Compliance Advisory to address concerns related to disinfectant products that claim to kill and/or be effective against SARS-CoV-2 but have not been reviewed or accepted by EPA and, therefore, may present a risk to consumers and healthcare providers. The Compliance Advisory entitled What You Need to Know Regarding Products Making Claims to Kill the Coronavirus Causing COVID-19 (UPDATE), is available at: www.epa.gov/sites/default/files/2020-05/documents/cornavirus-compliance-advisory.pdf.