Benzalkonium Chloride BAC 50
Benzalkonium chloride is an active ingredient in many consumer products:
- Pharmaceutical products -The safety factor of benzalkonium chloride allows its use in a wide range of leave-on skin sanitizers and sanitary baby wipes. BAC 50 is widely used as a preservative in ophthalmic, nasal and aural pharmaceutical preparations as well as to optimise emolliency and substantively in formulations.
- Personal care products such as hand sanitizers, wet wipes, shampoos, soaps, deodorants and cosmetics
- Skin antiseptics and wound wash sprays, such as Bactine.
- Throat lozenges and mouthwashes, as a biocide
- Spermicidal creams
- Over-the-counter single-application treatments for herpes, cold-sores, and fever blisters, such as RELEEV and Viroxyn
- Burn and ulcer treatment
- Spray disinfectants for hard surface sanitization
- Cleaners for floor and hard surfaces as a disinfectant, such as Lysol and Dettol antibacterial spray and wipes.
- Algaecides for clearing of algae, moss, lichens from paths, roof tiles, swimming pools, masonry, etc. Benzalkonium Chloride BAC 50
Benzalkonium chloride is also used in many non-consumer processes and products, including as
an active ingredient in surgical disinfection. A comprehensive list of uses includes industrial
applications. An advantage of benzalkonium chloride, not shared by ethanol-based antiseptics or
hydrogen peroxide antiseptic, is that it does not cause a burning sensation when applied to
broken skin.
Benzalkonium Chloride BAC 50









