Surfactants constitute the most important group of detergent components. They are wetting agents that lower the surface tension of a liquid, allowing easier spreading, and lower the interfacial tension between...
An article published in 1998 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) stated that in 1995, 88,000 deaths — one death every six minutes — could be attributed...
CJIC Vol 23 No 1, pg 49. The objective of the study was the determine the efficacy of several different disinfectant chemistries against common pathogens using a realistic contact time for...
Poster Presentation, SIM Annual Meeting & Exhibition July 2007, Denver, CO. The study investigated accelerated hydrogen peroxide’s ability to remove and inactivate accumulated biocontaminants from carpet fibers. Download PDF...
Controlling infectious diseases is everyone’s business. And in the health care sector, where it is not uncommon for housekeeping staff in a hospital to also work in a long term...
Biofilms are nothing new to our world. As described in the Jeopardy question, they can be evident in any environment that has a flow of water and a surface to...
This paper addresses the common misconception that pH is an appropriate indication of product safety, as this is often not the case. Researchers found that solutions with a pH of...
From time to time, I have been invited to contribute to Sanitation Canada as a guest writer on topical issues important to the industry all of us serve. It is...
An emerging technology designed for cleaning and disinfection is making the job of healthcare environmental services more efficient, safer, and more responsible. Accelerated hydrogen peroxide (AHP™) technology allows...
Many people, certainly the international media, are looking at what is now primarily a viral infection of birds, and predicting a doomsday scenario sufficient in scope to remove almost half...