Eric B
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We haven't been able to find DW's usual disinfectant spray (7th Generation) in any of the stores for the last month or so because of the whole COVID-19 thing. As I was going through the CDC website to see what the current recommendations are, I found a link to the EPA registration site for a list of disinfectants to use against SARS-CoV-2 (https://www.epa.gov/pesticide-registration/list-n-disinfectants-use-against-sars-cov-2) with the hint that These products may be marketed and sold under different brand names, but if they have the same EPA registration number, they are the same product. Lo and behold, there's a different product name for this stuff; a brief search on the internet showed a bunch of places where it's available at prices that are comparable or less than the retail price of the one we usually get. Ordered a gallon of it as we already have empty spray bottles; could have ordered a 55-gallon drum, but I think that would have been overkill. Should get here in a week; Amazon and all the other sites have been showing a great deal of demand for the original one I was looking for and unknown restocking/availability times. We'll likely wind up just getting the less expensive refills in the future since we now know that it's the same product packaged differently (I'm okay with using a kennel disinfectant on my counters!).
One other nice thing about the EPA site is that it has some instructions like the minimum contact time for the disinfectant action. With this one (reg. no. 84683-3), the contact time is 10 minutes. The package instructions we were following are to just spray and let dry rather than wiping off after spraying, so I'm pretty sure we were meeting the guidelines. CDC has further guidance at https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prevent-getting-sick/cleaning-disinfection.html.
One other nice thing about the EPA site is that it has some instructions like the minimum contact time for the disinfectant action. With this one (reg. no. 84683-3), the contact time is 10 minutes. The package instructions we were following are to just spray and let dry rather than wiping off after spraying, so I'm pretty sure we were meeting the guidelines. CDC has further guidance at https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prevent-getting-sick/cleaning-disinfection.html.