Utshwala obungama-75% buvame ukusetshenziswa ezibhedlela futhi bungabulala i-Escherichia coli, i-Staphylococcus aureus, i-Candida albicans, i-Pseudomonas aeruginosa, njll. Buyasebenza futhi ngokumelene ne-coronavirus entsha.Isimiso sokubulala amagciwane sotshwala simi kanje: ngokungena ngaphakathi kwebhaktheriya, sidonsa umswakama weprotheyini ukuze siwukhiphe, ukuze kufezwe injongo yokubulala amagciwane.Ngakho-ke, utshwala kuphela obunamaphesenti angama-75 kuphela obungakwazi ukubulala amagciwane kangcono.Ukugxila okuphakeme kakhulu noma okuphansi kakhulu ngeke kube nomphumela we-bactericidal.
Izibulala-magciwane ezisekelwe otshwaleni nazo zinemibi ethile, njengokuguquguquka kwazo, ukuvutha, kanye nephunga elimnandi.Ayifanele ukusetshenziswa uma isikhumba kanye nolwelwesi lwamafinyila konakele, futhi abantu abangazwani notshwala nabo banqatshelwe ukubusebenzisa.Ngakho-ke, ekusuleni utshwala, ngoba utshwala buyashintshashintsha futhi ukugxila kuncishisiwe, kuzothinta umphumela wokuvala inzalo.Utshwala buyanciphisa futhi buyacasula esikhumbeni, okungaholela kalula esikhumbeni esomile nesixebuka.