ABSTRACT
I. INTRODUCTION Aldehydes, especially glutaraldehyde and fonnaldehyde, have been used as antimicrobial agents for the past several decades. Both have exhibited excellent antimicrobial properties, specifically in their use as sporicidal agents in sterilization. Pepper and Liebennan [1] describe the use of glutaraldehyde as a replacement for fonnaldehyde, and Stonehill and associates [2] showed the rapid sporicidal activity achieved with a 2% glutaraldehyde fonnulation, which became the prototype of the several glutaraldehyde fonnulations currently available for use as a disinfectant and cold sterilization solution.
