Jl. Sagripanti et al., VIRUS INACTIVATION BY COPPER OR IRON IONS ALONE AND IN THE PRESENCE OF PEROXIDE, Applied and environmental microbiology, 59(12), 1993, pp. 4374-4376
Cupric and ferric ions were able to inactivate five enveloped or nonen
veloped, single- or double-stranded DNA or RNA viruses. The virucidal
effect of these metals was enhanced by the addition of peroxide, parti
cularly for copper(II). Under the conditions of our test, mixtures of
copper(II) ions and peroxide were more efficient than glutaraldehyde i
n inactivating phiX174, T7, phi6, Junin, and herpes simplex viruses. T
he substances described here should be able to inactivate most, if not
all, viruses that have been found contaminating medical devices.