Claims
- 1. A powdered mixture which reacts in water to form peracetic acid in an anti-microbial effective concentration, the powdered mixture comprising:
- a perborate;
- a mixture of a rapid acetyl donor which produces at least two acetyl groups and a slow acetyl donor which produces only a single acetyl group;
- a pH buffer.
- 2. The mixture as set forth in claim 1 wherein the rapid acetyl donor includes TAED and the slow acetyl donor includes acetylsalicylic acid.
- 3. The mixture as set forth in claim 1 wherein the slow acetyl donor includes acetylsalicylic acid.
- 4. The mixture as set forth in claim 3 wherein the rapid acetyl donor is selected from the group consisting of TAED, methyl cellulose encapsulated TAED, tetra acetyl glycouril (TAG), penta acetyl glucose (PAG), and mixtures thereof.
- 5. The mixture as set forth in claim 4 wherein the acetylsalicylic acid the rapid acetylating agent are present in a 1:1 ratio.
- 6. The mixture as set forth in claim 4 further including:
- a powdered anti-corrosive material;
- a powdered wetting agent; and
- a powdered sequestering agent for moving substances that inhibit reaction of the perborate and acetyl donors, and for preventing precipitation of calcium and magnesium salts from hard water.
- 7. The mixture as set forth in claim 6 wherein the anti-corrosive agent is selected from the class consisting of: phosphates, molybdates, chromates, dichromates, tungstates, vanadates, borates, benzotriazoles, tolytriazoles, azoles, benzoates, and combinations thereof.
- 8. The mixture as set forth in claim 6 wherein the buffering means buffers the resultant peracetic acid solution to a pH between 7.5 and 8.5.
- 9. The mixture as set forth in claim 1 wherein the buffering agent buffers the pH of the resultant peracetic acid solution to a pH below 9.
- 10. The mixture as set forth in claim 9 wherein the buffering agent buffers the pH of the resultant peracetic acid solution to a pH between 7.5 and 8.5.
- 11. The mixture as set forth in claim 1 wherein after peracetic acid concentration has substantially peaked the buffering agent buffers the pH of the resultant peracetic acid solution to a pH of about 7.5.
- 12. The mixture as set forth in claim 11 wherein the buffering agent permits higher pHs as the peracetic acid concentration is building towards the maximum.
- 13. A method of microbial decontamination comprising:
- mixing water with a perborate and a rapid acetylating agent which produces at least two acetyl groups and which rapidly causes a short term peracetic acid concentration peak, and with a slow acetylating agent which produces only a single acetyl group and which slowly causes a long term peracetic acid concentration peak, and with a buffer to form a solution with a biocidally effective concentration of peracetic acid;
- immersing an item to be microbially decontaminated in the solution.
- 14. The method as set forth in claim 13 wherein the rapid acetylating agent includes one of TAED, TAG, and PAG.
- 15. The method as set forth in claim 14 wherein the slow acetylating agent includes acetylsalicylic acid.
- 16. The method as set forth in claim 15 wherein the rapid and slow acetylating agents are present in a ratio of substantially 1:1.
- 17. The method as set forth in claim 15 wherein the resultant solution is buffered to a pH between 7.5 and 8.5.
- 18. The method as set forth in claim 15 wherein the pH is buffered to a pH greater than 8 during initial peracetic acid formation and after the peracetic acid concentration has substantially reached a peak, reducing the pH of the solution to about 7.5.
- 19. The method as set forth in claim 18 wherein the mixing step further includes mixing corrosion inhibitors, sequestering agents, and a wetting agent into the solution.
Parent Case Info
The present application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/064,391, filed May 18, 1993 which is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/023,048, filed Feb. 25, 1993 which is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 07/793,589, filed Nov. 18, 1991 now U.S. Pat. No. 5,209,909. U.S. patent application Ser. No. 07/793,589 is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 07/681,118, filed Apr. 5, 1991, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,217,698, and U.S. patent application Ser. No. 07/342,189, filed Apr. 24, 1989, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,116,575.
U.S. patent application Ser. No. 07/681,118, is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 07/349,304, filed May 9, 1989, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,091,343, and said U.S. patent application Ser. No. 07/342,189, filed Apr. 24, 1989, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,116,575. U.S. patent application Ser. No. O7/349,304, filed May 9, 1989, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,091,343 is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 140,388, filed Jan. 4, 1988, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,892,706. U.S. patent application Ser. No. 07/342,189, filed Apr. 24, 1989, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,116,575 is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 229,917, filed Aug. 8, 1988, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,077,008, which is a continuation-in-part of said U.S. patent application Ser. No. 140,388, filed Jan. 4, 1988, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,893,706, and U.S. patent application Ser. No. 07/165,189, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,037,623, filed Mar. 27, 1988, which in turn are continuations-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 826,730, filed Feb. 6, 1986, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,731,222.
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