Abstract:
Disclosed herein are methods of sealing germicidal bicarbonate solutions in containers. In one aspect, a method may include introducing water, bicarbonate, and a germicide that is more stable at a pH of 7 than at a pH of 8 into a container, replacing at least a portion of a gas in the container with carbon dioxide, and sealing the container after said introducing the water, the bicarbonate, and the germicide, into the container, and after said replacing the gas. Sealed containers having the germicidal bicarbonate solutions are also disclosed.