A12 : Staphylococcus aureus Resistance to Common Pool Disinfectants


Students Cindy Silwanes
School IND - King's Christian Collegiate - Oakville
Level Senior 11/12 - Grade 11
Group Group 3 - Health Sciences II
Abstract The purpose of this experiment was to understand how effective chlorine as a disinfectant is and if there are any alternative disinfectants that are more effective than chlorine-based sanitizers and understand why the percentage of people that get sick from entering swimming pools although there are disinfectants used to sanitize the pools is increasing.