How HIV can be inactivated

How can AIDS Virus be inactivated?

AIDS Virus is completely inactivated by treatment with:

• 10% Household bleach
• 50% ethanol
• 35% isopropanol
• 1% Nonidet P40
• 0.5% Lysol
• 0.5% paraformaldehyde
• 0.3% hydrogen peroxide

The virus is also inactivated by extremes in pH (pH 1.0 and 13.0).

Virus is rapidly inactivated (<1 minute) by exposure to undiluted household bleach.

Virus is readily inactivated in liquids or 10% serum by heating at 56º C for 10 minutes.

Lyophilized blood products would need to be heated at 68º C for 72 hours to ensure inactivation of contaminating virus.