Members of the CLEANpHIRST™ team are dedicated to helping you create the cleanest environment in which you live. Our goal is for our products and cleaning information to minimize the health risks posed by unwelcome allergens, bacteria, germs and viruses in your home, school, workplace or other location by equipping you with first-in-category cleaning solutions.
Keeping schools clean and open has become a top priority of education officials across the country, especially amidst the spread of the H1N1 virus (a.k.a., "Swine Flu"). Still, many school districts have been forced to close their doors and disinfect their buildings due to high illness absenteeism among faculty, staff and students. Examples include:
Huntsville, Texas -- School officials reportedly employed cleaning crews to disinfect all door knobs, desks, tabletops and handles during a shutdown expected to last at least 48 hours.
Manning, S.C. -- School officials are said to have spent five days disinfecting the entire school, including wiping down walls, desks, counters, toilets and anything else students might touch.
A four-week school closure would cost districts somewhere between $140 and $630 per student, depending upon location, according to report cited in a Los Angeles Timesarticle today. On top of those costs, additional costs are incurred by employers and employees via unscheduled absences.
A 2008 survey conducted by Mercer for the workforce management company Kronos® revealed that a company with a $50 million payroll (i.e., 1,000 employees earning average annual salaries of $50,000 each) will spend $4.5 million annually — or 9 percent of payroll — on unplanned incidental and extended employee absences.
But there are ways to fight back.
The easiest way for school officials to begin preparing for such an outbreak is by making Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer available to faculty, staff and students.
An extremely-safe, effective, non-irritating, non-flammable and non-staining alternative to alcohol-based hand sanitizer, Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer comes without the liability and risk concerns of alcohol-based hand sanitizers that prompted University of Michigan officials to ban it from dispensers on campus (details here).
After installing wall-mounted dispensers, a thorough top-to-bottom cleaning needs to take place. That should, at a minimum, include the following:
Treating all carpets within school buildings with DepHyze™ Carpet Cleaner to ensure you not only clean your carpets effectively, but that you also eliminate odors through 100 percent true chemical negation (not masking);
Using DepHyze™ Decon 3D, an ultra-powerful cleaner and disinfectant to thoroughly clean your entire school building and then use it once monthly thereafter;
If you have a laundry facility within your school, using DepHyze™ Laundry Detergent, a cold-water, energy-saving product, to wash all machine-washable clothing, uniforms and linens at least once every two to three loads.
The products listed above, which offer up to an unsurpassed 99.99999 percent efficacy, can help school officials take care of the most-challenging and unwanted schoolhouse visitors -- bacteria, germs, mold, viruses, etc. Best of all, they're available today from CLEANpHIRST™.
Officially one week into autumn, many Americans find themselves driven to clean house before the cold of winter arrives and the holiday party season begins. Below, we offer six suggestions to make your cleaning easier and more effective:
Concentrate on your main rooms (i.e., living room, family room, entryway, guest bath);
Conduct a thorough top-to-bottom cleaning that includes vacuuming drapes, window treatments, baseboards and corners and cleaning all surfaces thoroughly;
Vacuum all carpets in your home, then treat those carpets with DepHyze™ Carpet Cleaner to ensure you not only clean your carpets effectively, but also eliminate odors in your home through 100 percent true chemical negation (not masking);
Use DepHyze™ Decon 3D, an ultra-powerful cleaner and disinfectant monthly to thoroughly clean your entire home and follow up by using DepHyze™ Ultra Clean as needed thereafter to keep most bacteria, germs, viruses, mold and mildew under control;
Use DepHyze™ Laundry Detergent to wash all machine-washable bedding, clothing and lines at least once every two to three loads; and
Stock up on Aloe Up® Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer to ensure your family has ready access to an extremely-safe, effective, non-irritating, non-flammable and non-staining alternative to alcohol-based hand sanitizer.
Embrace the steps above, and your home will be clean, safe and ready for both daily living and special holiday gatherings.
To learn more about any of the cleaning products mentioned above, click here.
First impressions are especially critical in today's economy. As a result, property owners and managers must do everything possible to enhance a property's perceived value in the eyes of prospective tenants. One way to enhance property value involves the use of two safe and effective cleaning products from CLEANpHIRST™.
Step One -- Odor is one of the biggest turnoffs a prospective tenant can encounter; therefore, cleaning all carpeted areas on your property is a must. With DepHyze™ Carpet Cleaner, you will not only clean your carpets effectively, but you'll achieve 100 percent chemical negation of odors instead of just masking them. Learn more about it here.
Step Two -- Sometimes, the most-harmful things inside a building are missed by inspectors. By treating all areas of your property with DepHyze™ Decon 3D, an ultra-powerful cleaner and disinfectant, you'll kill bacteria, germs and viruses as well as mold and mildew before they have a chance to impact any future landlord-tenant relationship. Learn more about it here.
To learn more about these and other products available from CLEANpHIRST™, click here.
1. Develop policies that encourage ill workers to stay at home without fear of any reprisals.
2. Develop other flexible policies to allow workers to telecommute (if feasible) and create other leave policies to allow workers to stay home to care for sick family members or care for children if schools close.
3. Provide resources and a work environment that promotes personal hygiene. For example, provide tissues, no-touch trash cans, hand soap, hand sanitizer, disinfectants and disposable towels for workers to clean their work surfaces.
4. Provide education and training materials in an easy to understand format and in the appropriate language and literacy level for all employees.
5. Instruct employees who are well but who have an ill family member at home with the flu that they can go to work as usual. These employees should monitor their health every day, and notify their supervisor and stay home if they become ill. Employees who have a certain underlying medical condition or who are pregnant should promptly call their health care provider for advice if they become ill.
6. Encourage workers to obtain a seasonal influenza vaccine, if it is appropriate for them according to CDC recommendations. This helps to prevent illness from seasonal influenza strains that may circulate at the same time as the 2009 H1N1 flu.
7. Encourage employees to get the 2009 H1N1 vaccine when it becomes available (expected in October) if they are in a priority group according to CDC recommendations. Consider granting employees time off from work to get vaccinated when the vaccine is available in your community.
8. Provide workers with up-to-date information on influenza risk factors , protective behaviors, and instruction on proper behaviors (for example, cough etiquette; avoid touching eyes, nose and mouth; and hand hygiene).
9. Plan to implement practices to minimize face-to-face contact between workers if advised by the local health department. Consider the use of such strategies as extended use of e-mail, websites and teleconferences, encouraging flexible work arrangements (for example, telecommuting or flexible work hours) to reduce the number of workers who must be at the work site at the same time or in one specific location.
10. If an employee does become sick while at work , place the employee in a separate room or area until they can go home, away from other workers. If the employee needs to go into a common area prior to leaving, he or she should cover coughs/sneezes with a tissue or wear a face mask if available and tolerable. Ask the employee to go home as soon as possible.
If something in item #3 above jumped out at you, perhaps you need to get your hands onan extremely-safe, effective, non-irritating, non-flammable and non-staining alternative to alcohol-based hand sanitizer. Perhaps, you needAlcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer.
If you're a mobile employee or employ people who travel a lot, you might want to purchase our hand sanitizer in convenient,1.7-oz. travel-size dispensers like the ones shown above. Each provides 125 applications. [Note: Compare that to only 39 applications from a 2-oz. dispenser of the leading alcohol-based gels.] If you need wall-mounted dispensers for your office, warehouse or other work area(s), you can purchase wall-mounted dispensers (right) that deliver a whopping 2,375 applications per bladder.
Does CLEANpHIRST work as well as the leading alcohol-based hand sanitizers? And how!
CLEANpHIRST kills well beyond the level of the leading brands (i.e., 99.999 percent kill rate against Staphylococcus aureus) and is the only hand sanitizer proven effective against both strains of Norovirus (a.k.a., “The Cruise Ship Virus”), the gastrointestinal virus common on cruise ships, in nursing homes and in other high-density people centers. Best of all, it provides up to 30 minutes of protection on the skin — compared to only 10 seconds for alcohol-based products. To learn more about Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer or to place an order, click here.
Is it possible that the mother in the video above used Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer in place of one of the leading alcohol-based brands? Seems plausible.
If you're a mom who's looking foran extremely-safe, effective, non-irritating, non-flammable and non-staining alternative to alcohol-based hand sanitizer, look no further than CLEANpHIRST™.
Right now, CLEANpHIRST™ is offering a six-month supply of Hand Sanitizer for only $30, and that includes free shipping on orders shipped to customers anywhere in the continental United States.
When you order, you’ll receive six 1.7-oz. dispensers of Hand Sanitizer, each of which provides 125 applications. That’s 750 applications in all — enough to last a mom, dad and four babies quite a while, especially when compared to similar-size dispensers (2 ounce) of the leading alcohol-based gels which provide only 39 applications.
To place an order before the babies wake from their nap, click here.
Teach your kids how to avoid exposure to colds, flu and infections by washing their hands regularly, using hand sanitizer, and keeping their hands away from their mouths and noses.
That's some good advice many in the medical community are giving parents. But there's more parents can do to protect their children, and it starts from the ground up. Below, CLEANpHIRST™ offers 5 Easy-to-Implement Ways to Minimize the Impact of a Flu Pandemic on Your Family:
Clean all carpeted areas in your home with DepHyze™ Carpet Cleaner, a product that effectively cleans your carpets while delivering 100 percent chemical negation of odors instead of just masking them. Learn more about it here.
Kill “superbugs” before they have a chance to impact your family by using DepHyze™ Decon 3D, an ultra-powerful cleaner and disinfectant, once a month. Learn more about it here.
Hold the high ground over those same superbugs by using DepHyze™ Ultra Clean, an all-purpose, one-step cleaner, for daily cleaning throughout your home. Learn more about it here.
Keep plenty of Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer on hand at your home and ensure each family member carries a travel-size dispenser whenever he/she leaves the home. Learn more about it here.
Looking foran extremely-safe, effective, non-irritating, non-flammable and non-staining alternative to alcohol-based hand sanitizer? Look no further than Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer.
Right now, CLEANpHIRST™ is offering a six-month supply of Alcohol-Free Foan Hand Sanitizer for only $30, and that includes free shipping on orders shipped to customers anywhere in the continental United States.
When you order, you'll receive six 1.7-oz. dispensers of Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer, each of which provides 125 applications. That’s 750 applications in all — enough to last a person almost six months at a rate of 5 applications per day.[Note: Compare that to what you get from six 2-oz. dispensers of the leading alcohol-based gels (i.e., 39 applications per dispenser x six = 234 applications.)]
Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer kills well beyond the level of the leading brands (i.e., 99.999 percent kill rate against Staphylococcus aureus) and is the only hand sanitizer proven effective against both strains of Norovirus (a.k.a., “The Cruise Ship Virus”), the gastrointestinal virus common on cruise ships, in nursing homes and in other high-density people centers. Best of all, it provides up to 30 minutes of protection on the skin — compared to 10 seconds for alcohol-based products.
Twitter users must make their points quickly, using very few words. When it comes to tweets about hand sanitizer, I'm finding out that many tweeters are able to say a lot despite the 140-character limit. This morning, six tweets below caught my eye for reasons I explain after each.
Kinbor said, "Im applying hand sanitizer like its my job. I so do not wanna get sick." Kinbor is wise. If you don't want to get sick, use hand sanitizer regularly, but not any old hand sanitizer will do. Use Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer if you want the most effective product on the market today.
Flygraphix said, "Just watched a TSA agent with latex gloves on use hand sanitizer." That, my friends, is overkill.
carrietmd responded to @imafanatic by saying, "Yes, no illnesses allowed! Lysol and hand sanitizer stat! 18 days now." Unfortunately, you're only half-right. Keeping the hand sanitizer handy is smart if, that is, it's Aloe Up®. As for the cleaner you're using, I recommend you look at the label. I think you'll find it shows the product is only 99.9% effective against most bacteria, germs and viruses in your home. Conversely, DepHyze™ Ultra Clean, an all-purpose cleaner from CLEANpHIRST™, delivers 99.999% efficacy -- thousands of times more effective -- against those same microbes.
ashleyldn wrote, "This hand sanitizer should keep me occupied for a while." If, by using the word "occupied," you mean your skin is protected for up to 30 minutes, you must be using Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer. If you're using an alcohol-based hand sanitizer, chances are your protection is gone 10 seconds after it's applied (i.e., after the alcohol evaporates from your skin).
borrowedwords said, "Some man just sneezed all over the magazine section at Barnes and Noble. Remind me to always have hand sanitizer available." That guy sneezing is gross! Good idea to have hand sanitizer available. Just make sure it's Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer, the alcohol-free hand sanitizer that comes in convenient 1.7-oz. dispensers, each of which delivers 125 applications compared to only 39 for the same-size container of the leading alcohol-based gel hand sanitizers.
Darthodie writes, "Sitting at my desk on my break washing myself down with hand sanitizer to try and prevent me from getting sick." Wise move! In addition to keeping hand sanitizer at your desk, keep some in your purse, in your car, in the kitchen, etc.
Twitter users, be sure to order a six-pack of Aloe Up® for only $30. That’s 750 applications — enough to last you almost six months at 5 applications per day. Plus, we’ll include shipping to any location within the continental U.S. absolutely free!
If you're like most Americans, the only person you allow to stick fingers inside your mouth on a regular basis is your dentist. Amidst fears of an H1N1 (a.k.a., "Swine Flu") pandemic, I thought it might be interesting to share the results of a survey in which 352 dentists were asked what they did with their hands before sticking them inside their patients.
Published in the July 2008 edition of the Journal of the American Dental Association, the survey produced one result in particular that made me stand up and take notice:
71 percent of general practice dentists never or almostnever disinfected with an alcohol-based hand sanitizer.
Forever the optimists, I would like to think that all of the dentists who "almost never disinfected with an alcohol-based hand sanitizer" are using Aloe Up® Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer. Of course, they're not -- yet. But give it time. Give it time.If you're a dentist who's tired of alcohol-based hand sanitizer irritating your skin, order a six-pack of Aloe Up® for only $30 and we’ll include shipping to any location within the continental U.S. absolutely free!If you know a dentist and want to make sure he's keeping his hands clean BEFORE they go in your mouth, order a supply of Aloe Up® for yourself.
It’s a question to which many parents and caregivers have given little thought: Do alcohol-based hand sanitizers pose an unnecessary risk to children? To help answer that question, the CLEANpHIRST™ staff came up with the following three scenarios involving a 12-year-old boy with $25 to spend:
In the first scenario, he walks into a store where beer is sold and tries to buy a six pack. After placing it on the counter, he’s told, “Sorry, son, you’re too young for that.” Why? Because the law prohibits minors from purchasing the adult beverage products that contain, on average, 5 percent alcohol by volume.
In the second scenario, the same youngster walks into a store where so-called “hard liquor” is sold and tries to buy a pint of 120-proof scotch. After placing it on the counter, he hears the same refrain: “Sorry, son, you’re too young for that.” Why? Because, again, the law prohibits minors from purchasing adult beverage products that contain, on average, 23 percent alcohol by volume.
Finally, the boy walks into a store where hand sanitizer is sold and tries to buy a 16-oz. bottle with built-in moisturizer. After placing it on the counter, he hears something different from the store clerk: “Did you find everything you need, young man?” In response, the boy says, “Yes,” completes the transaction and walks out the door with a bottle of hand sanitizer.
What’s the big deal? Like the vast majority of hand sanitizers on the market today, the hand sanitizer he purchased contained more than 62 percent alcohol by volume. Moreover, the boy’s $25 could have netted him two bottles and left him with change to spare.
Now, perhaps you’re thinking, “Children don’t drink hand sanitizer.” In response, I’d say, “Think again.”
As highlighted in a Jan. 20, 2007, report from WCCO-TV, the CBS affiliate in Minneapolis, hand sanitizer contains such a high alcohol content that even a couple of teaspoons can be harmful to a small, curious child who ingests it.
Finally, a poison control center official in Arizona shared some insight about the dangers posed by alcohol-based hand sanitizers in a June 9, 2009, Examiner.com article. Most importantly, he pointed out the differences between the types of alcohol used in so-called “hard liquor” versus that used in alcohol-based hand sanitizers:
Alcoholic beverages contain a type of alcohol that is 60- to 70-proof versus the isopropyl alcohol in alcohol-based hand sanitizers which is 120- to 140 proof; and
If ingested, the isopropyl alcohol in alcohol-based hand sanitizers is more likely to cause nausea, vomiting and bleeding than the alcohol in alcoholic beverages.
He added that isopropyl alcohol is “more inebriating” before pointing out that “Kids have been known to eat the (alcohol-based hand) sanitizer, typically unintentionally.” He followed that comment with some words of advice:
“If this occurs, it’s best to call the local poison center hotline.”
Beyond accidents resulting from youthful curiosity, the intentional abuse/misuse of alcohol-based hand sanitizers has become the subject of many YouTube videos. Type “hand sanitizer fire” in the search bar at YouTube, and you’ll find hundreds of videos featuring teenagers -- and even some adults! -- applying the alcohol-based product to their hands and then setting their hands on fire (something we strongly discourage).
Accidents will happen around the home, and CLEANpHIRST™ offers a means to prevent at last some of them: Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer.
Offering unprecedented Log 5 efficacy (i.e., 99.999 percent kill rate on Staphylococcus aureus), it kills well beyond the level of the leading alcohol-based hand sanitizer products on the market and has been proven proven effective against Norovirus, MRSA and Clostridium difficile ("C. diff."). Best of all, it works in a manner that’s safe, effective and non-toxic.
During the eight-year period between the day in April 1999 when 15 people lost their lives at Columbine High School, and April 2007, when 33 people died at Virginia Tech, nearly 50 other people have died as a result of school-related shootings, according to a report compiled for the Virginia Tech Review Panel. While tragic, those numbers pale in comparison to the number of children in the United States who contract staph infections and the more dangerous and potentially-deadly methacillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (a.k.a., “MRSA”).
Between Jan. 1, 2001 and Dec. 31, 2006, according to a study published in the Archives of Otolaryngology -- Head and Neck Surgery (Vol. 135 No. 1, January 2009), more than 21,000 cases of head and neck Staphylococcus aureus were diagnosed by pediatricians. Among those, a six-year average of 21.6 percent -- -- or more than 4,500 -- of the children were diagnosed with MRSA.
Moreover, according to the study, MRSA cases accounted for only 11.8 percent of diagnoses in 2001 and, five years later, had climbed to 28.1 percent. The average age of children with the infections was only 6.7 years.
The good news is that safe, non-toxic and alcohol-free surface products available from CLEANpHIRST™ are available to help you work to battle efffectively against these infections.
Based in suburban St. Louis, CLEANpHIRST™ offers first-in-category cleaning products that can only be described as “Strong Enough for the Military, Safe Enough for Moms.” Three products, in particular, are best suited to help reduce the number of MRSA cases mentioned in the study.
The first is DepHyze™ Decon 3D, a powerful surface disinfectant and decontaminant developed to neutralize chemical and biological weapons. Safe enough to use in small quarters inhabited by people, the patented technology in this product is strong enough to:
Neutralize hazardous industrial chemicals at crime scenes and meth lab clean ups;
Sanitize all blood-borne bacteria and viruses, including HIV (AIDS), SARS and Avian Bird Flu (H5N1) and MRSA;and
Neutralize organic vapors and Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs).
The second product is DepHyze™ Ultra Clean. Though the name of the product makes it sound like something Billy Mays might have pitched, it’s performance is nothing short of extraordinary. A one-step cleaner and disinfectant, it:
Is effective against bacteria, yeasts, viruses and mold;
Inhibits the growth of mold and mildew;
Will not damage furniture, counter tops and floor surfaces;and
Kills with Log 5 efficacy – up to 99.999 percent of common household germs that cause colds, flu, food poisoning and other health risks.
While a CDC-conducted survey of cruise ship passengers concluded that identification of public hand sanitizer dispensing locations could help reduce the number of people impacted by Norovirus, the best thing a seafaring vacationer can do in an effort to avoid the gastrointestinal bug known as “the Cruise Ship Virus” is to pack a supply of Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer.
The only hand sanitizer on the market proven to kill both strains of Norovirus, Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer is an extremely-safe, effective, non-irritating, non-flammable and non-staining alternative to alcohol-based hand sanitizers. In addition, it kills well beyond the level of the leading alcohol-based hand sanitizers on the market (i.e., 99.999 percent kill rate against Staphylococcus aureus).
Unlike other hand sanitizer products containing BZK, Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer maximizes its effectiveness via the use of a unique patent-pending surfactant package that allows the active ingredient to penetrate cell walls at a higher rate and without alcohol, an ingredient that dries out the skin and can damage the skin with repeated use.
Order a six-pack of Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer today for only $30, and we’ll include shipping to any location within the continental U.S. absolutely free! That’s 750 applications — enough to last you almost six months at 5 applications per day.
Reducing employee absenteeism by as little as one to five percent could make it possible for companies to avoid laying off workers, closing divisions and worse. Moreover, an effective way to reduce absenteeism seems to have been uncovered through research conducted in schools across the United States.
Studies in recent years have shown that rates of absenteeism among both adults and children can be reduced through simple hand hygiene programs that involves the use of hand sanitizer. For instance:
In one study (pdf),, University of Pennsylvania researchers concluded that a simple education program about hand washing, combined with the use of an alcohol-based hand sanitizer, resulted in 50.6 percent lower absenteeism among elementary school students; and
Another study, published in the American Journal of Infection Control, revealed that the combination of hand washing and the use of hand sanitizer decreased student absenteeism by 19.8 percent and teacher absenteeism by 10.1 percent in a school with 246 teachers on staff.
It stands to reason then that, if schools can reduce absenteeism through simple hand hygiene programs that involve the use of hand sanitizer, businesses should be able to do the same.
A 2008 survey conducted by Mercer for the workforce management company Kronos® revealed that a company with a $50 million payroll (i.e., 1,000 employees earning average annual salaries of $50,000 each) will spend $4.5 million annually - or 9 percent of payroll - on unplanned incidental and extended employee absences. As the chart above indicates, even a one-percent reduction in absenteeism can have a sizable impact on a company’s bottom line.
The easiest way for a company to begin striving for such results is by making Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer available to its employees.
Offering unprecedented Log 5 efficacy (i.e., 99.999 percent kill rate on Staphylococcus aureus), it kills well beyond the level of the leading alcohol-based hand sanitizer products on the market and has been proven proven effective against Norovirus, MRSA and Clostridium difficile ("C. diff."). Best of all, it works in a manner that’s safe, effective and non-toxic.
How would you answer the question, “Did you wash your hands after using the restroom?” If you’re like most people, your answer to that question would be, “Yes.” But do most people tell the truth? It doesn’t appear that way, according to a University of Minnesota Hand Washing Study conducted at the 2004 Minnesota State Fair.
Discrete observations of hundreds of people during three events held on the fairgrounds revealed that average observed hand washing was 64 percent, 65 percent and 75 percent among females and only 30 percent, 39 percent and 51 percent among males at the three events, respectively (Figure 1).
MN State Fair Handwashing Study Graphic 1
Overall, average observed hand washing rates were higher for adults than for youths (Figure 2). However, female youths had the highest average observed hand washing rate of the four groups observed (66 percent), followed by adults males (53 percent), adult females (50 percent), and male youths (18 percent).
MN State Fair Handwashing Study Graphic 2
Hand rinsing was observed at about a three times higher rate in males than in females, while females were more often observed leaving without either hand washing or hand rinsing. Thirty-eight percent (38%) of observed adult females did not perform hand washing or hand rinsing compared to 22 percent of female youths, 18 percent of male youths, and 6 percent of adult males.
So what’s the take-home message of the Minnesota State Fair study? In our opinion, it’s simple:
If you plan to have any contact with human beings during a 24-hour period and you want to protect yourself as much as possible from the bacteria, germs and viruses you might encounter as a result of that contact, you should keep a bottle of Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer featuring DepHyze™ technology within reach.
Offering unprecedented Log 5 efficacy, Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer kills well beyond the level of any of the leading alcohol-based hand sanitizers products on the market (i.e., 99.999 percent kill rate). It does so through the use of a key ingredient, benzalkonium chloride (BZK) has been proven effective against H1N1 (a.k.a.,”Swine Flu”), according to a study conducted in Japan two years ago.
Unlike other hand sanitizer products which contain BZK, Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer maximizes its effectiveness via the use of a unique surfactant package which allows that ingredient to penetrate cell walls at a higher rate Best of all, it does it in a manner that’s safe, effective, non-toxic and environmentally-friendly.
University of Pennsylvania researchers concluded in a study (pdf) seven years ago that a simple education program about hand washing, combined with the use of an alcohol-based hand sanitizer, resulted in 50.6 percent lower absenteeism among elementary school studentsand couldsave a school $167 per student per year.
In light of the fact that his company offers an alcohol-free hand sanitizer product proven three times more effective than other products now on the market and far more advanced than products on the market at the time the study was conducted, numbers like those cited above keep Lance Albritton motivated. A father of two youngsters and president and founder of St. Louis-based CLEANpHIRST™, Albritton cites them each time he visits with school officials about the values and benefits of products offered by his company, CLEANpHIRST™.
‘While it comes as no surprise to most people that researchers determined hand washing to be one of the most important factors in controlling the spread of diseases which lead to absenteeism,” Albritton said, “the role hand sanitizers can play in reducing absenteeism and lowering expenses comes as more of a shock.
“While $167 a day was a lot of money in 2002, it’s still a lot of money today, Albritton noted, “and I’m willing to bet that the per-student per-day figures cited in the study would increase if a new study was conducted today.”
Another study published in the American Journal of Infection Control revealed that the combination of hand washing and the use of hand sanitizer decreased teacher absenteeism by 10.1 percent in a school with 246 teachers on staff.
Is Albritton willing to say that, because his company’s Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer more effective than alcohol-based hand sanitizers, that schools deploying it for use in classrooms, cafeterias and athletic facilities will see absenteeism plummet? Not quite, but he does point out some key benefits many studies miss.
“While many studies highlight the benefits of hand sanitizer use,” Albritton said, “they don’t point out one of the most-important differences between alcohol-based hand sanitizers like the one used in the study and alcohol-free products like the one we offer at CLEANpHIRST™ — safety.”
Albritton went on to share some interesting facts about alcohol:
Your average beer contains 4 to 8 percent alcohol by volume;
Your average hard liquor contains 40 percent alcohol by volume; and
Your average alcohol-based hand sanitizer contains somewhere between 62 and 95 percent alcohol by volume and, unlike beer and liquor, can be purchased by children of any age.
“Alcohol-based hand sanitizers like the product used in the study pose not only a serious health risk to students who might accidentally or intentionally ingest them because they contain a minimum of 62 percent alcohol,” Albritton explained, adding “In addition, they pose fire risks so great that some municipal fire codes do not allow wall-mounted dispensers containing alcohol-based hand sanitizer near egress pathways in public buildings.”
Less that a fourth of readers who responded to an informal survey conducted by the Denver Business Journal said their companies have plans in place for dealing with an outbreak of H1N1 “swine” flu. For business owners who find themselves among the “unprepared,” it’s not too late to prepare. Below, CLEANpHIRST™ offers 5 Easy-to-Implement Ways to Minimize the Impact of a Flu Pandemic on Your Business:
Clean all carpeted areas in your workplace with DepHyze™ Carpet Cleaner, a product that effectively cleans your carpets while delivering 100 percent chemical negation of odors instead of just masking them. Learn more about it here.
Kill “superbugs” before they have a chance to impact your workforce by using DepHyze™ Decon 3D, an ultra-powerful cleaner and disinfectant, once a month. Learn more about it here.
Hold the high ground over those same superbugs by using DepHyze™ Ultra Clean, an all-purpose, one-step cleaner, for daily cleaning throughout your workplace. Learn more about it here.
Treat all of your linens, clothing and other machine-washable items with DepHyze™ Laundry Detergent, a product that requires no warm water — and, therefore, less energy — to effectively clean your commercial- and industrial-size loads. Learn more about it here.
Recently, the staff at CLEANpHIRST™ reached out to mommy bloggers across the country, seeking feedback about one of our most-popular products, Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer. One of those who agreed to try it out was Pamela Berube at FrugalCatholicMommy.com in Columbus, Ohio. In a post published Thursday, Pamela wrote a review which included the following comments:
Two things especially impressed me. One–the formula keeps working to kill germs for 3o minutes after application (wow!), and two–there is no chance of accidental alcohol poisoning in my kids.
Although I will still continue to keep this hand sanitizer out of reach, I will be much less concerned when I squirt some onto the palms of my kids. I appreciate companies like CLEANpHIRST trying to reformulate products to make them safer for families.
Orders of hand sanitizer products may almost triple in the coming months if a new outbreak of swine flu sweeps the U.S., according one industry professional cited in a Bloomberg report today. While some of the leading manufacturers of alcohol-based product are said to be six weeks behind on production, we're reassuring worried consumers by telling them we do not anticipate any shortages of Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer at CLEANpHIRST™.
Our not-so-bold prediction should come as good news to most Americans, especially those people in search of an extremely-safe, effective, non-irritating, non-flammable and non-staining alternative to alcohol-based hand sanitizer that kills well beyond the level of the leading alcohol-based hand sanitizers (i.e., 99.999 percent kill rate against Staphylococcus aureus) -- in search of Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer.
Available in convenient, travel-sized dispensers (above left) and in wall-mounted dispensers (below right), Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizermeets a variety of needs while providing up to 30 minutes of protection on the skin -- compared to 10 seconds for alcohol-based products.
The only hand sanitizer proven effective against both strains of Norovirus (a.k.a., “The Cruise Ship Virus”), the gastrointestinal virus common on cruise ships, CLEANpHIRST™ is also economical. A 1.7-oz. dispenser of Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizerprovides 125 applications while a 2-oz. dispenser of the leading alcohol-based brand delivers only 39, meaning you won’t have to buy hand sanitizer as often.
In place of alcohol, the active ingredient in Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer, benzalkonium chloride (BZK), has been proven effective against H1N1 (a.k.a.,”Swine Flu”) in one scientific study. According to people like the Michigan State Fire Marshal and officials at the University of Michigan, it's safer than alcohol-based products, too.
Perhaps best of all, we’ll include shipping to any location within the continental U.S. absolutely free when you order a six-pack of Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer for only $30! That’s 750 applications — enough to last you almost six months at 5 applications per day.
If you believe alcohol-based hand sanitizer is your only viable option when it comes to trying to prevent yourself and your loved ones from contracting potentially-deadly viruses, you might want to listen to a group of doctors and reconsider your options.
During a program that aired March 9 on the nationally-syndicated television show, “The Doctors”, the show’s four physician-hosts — Dr. Jim Sears, Dr. Travis Stork, Dr. Lisa Masterson and Dr. Drew Ordon — explained some of the dangers associated with alcohol-based hand sanitizer. After discussing the dangers drugs pose to teens, the segment about hand sanitizer-related dangers begins at the 1:30 mark.
Among the doctors’ warnings contained in the video are the following:
12,000 kids in 2006 were poisoned by ingesting hand sanitize
Some teenagers are using hand sanitizer to get “high”
60 percent alcohol is equal to 120-proof alcohol (alcohol-based hand sanitizers must contain at least
62 percent alcohol to be deemed “effective”)
Two ounces of alcohol-based hand sanitizer is equivalent to four shots of vodka.
Fortunately, Aloe Up® Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer is available today as a safe, effective, non-toxic and alcohol-free alternative.
Available from CLEANpHIRST™, Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer kills well beyond the level of the leading alcohol-based hand sanitizers products on the market (i.e., 99.999 percent kill rate against Staphylococcus aureus), and is three times more effective than the leading brands against Norovirus. In fact, it’s the only formula proven effective against both strains of Norovirus.
It achieves such high levels of effectiveness through the use of a key ingredient, benzalkonium chloride (BZK), that was proven effective against H1N1 (a.k.a.,”Swine Flu”), according to a study conducted in Japan two years ago. Unlike other hand sanitizer products which contain BZK, Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer maximizes its effectiveness via the use of a unique surfactant package that allows that ingredient to penetrate cell walls at a higher rate. And, again, it does it without alcohol, an ingredient that dries out the skin and can damage the skin with repeated use.
The new CLEANpHIRST™ video above offers a lot of valuable information for parents and school officials as they begin the 2009-2010 school year. For instance:
It highlights the dangers of alcohol that are found in the leading brands of hand sanitizer and, in turn, in classrooms across the country
It points out the fact that superbugs such as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), Norovirus and the H1N1 virus (a.k.a., “Swine Flu”) pose statistically-greater risks to faculty, staff and students than gun violence on campus
It points parents and teachers in the right direction — to CLEANpHIRST™ — for help.
Reuters published an article today about the first-year results of a flu study conducted by researchers at the University of Michigan School of Public Health. Released in October 2008, the results of the study are both encouraging and conflicting -- especially if you attend school in Ann Arbor:
Encouraging about the study is the fact that researchers determined that wearing masks and using alcohol-based hand sanitizers may prevent the spread of flu symptoms by as much as 50 percent; and
Conflicting about the study, and not mentioned in the article, is the fact that only last month officials at the University of Michigan placed tight new restrictions on the installation of dispensers containing alcohol-based hand sanitizer. Explained in an Aug. 20 memo distributed throughout the university, the restrictions are based largely on a state fire marshal’s bulletin limiting where alcohol-based hand sanitizer dispensers can be placed because of liability and risk management concerns about the product’s flammability (See this post for more details).
If you live and/or work on campus at the University of Michigan, don't fret. In the aforementioned memo, university officials directed their procurement officials to purchase alcohol-free hand sanitizer for use in dispensers on campus. Moreover, they specified the purchase of products containing benzalkonium chloride (BZK) instead of alcohol-based hand sanitizer. Though they didn’t recommend our product by name, they basically directed university purchasing officials to purchase Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer, a product available in both wall-mounted dispensers and 1.7-oz. personal-size bottles from CLEANpHIRST™.
As fears of an H1N1 (a.k.a., "Swine Flu") pandemic rise, some in the airline industry are reportedly afraid of losing highly-profitable first-class fliers to charter services, according to an article published today. At the same time, many frequent fliers cannot afford charter travel. Regardless of where you find yourself in this equation, CLEANpHIRST™ stands ready to rescue the airline industry with Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer in convenient, travel-sized, 1.7-oz. dispensers.
CLEANpHIRST™is the only hand sanitizer on the market proven effective against both strains of Norovirus (a.k.a., "The Cruise Ship Virus"), the gastrointestinal virus common on cruise ships, in nursing homes and other densely-populated environments. In addition:
CLEANpHIRST™ stands as an extremely-safe, effective, non-irritating, non-flammable and non-staining alternative to alcohol-based hand sanitizer that kills well beyond the level of the leading alcohol-based hand sanitizers on the market (i.e., 99.999 percent kill rate against Staphylococcus aureus);
CLEANpHIRST™provides up to 30 minutes of protection on the skin, and that compares to alcohol, the active ingredient in the 21-year-old technology of the leading products, which evaporates from the skin within 10 seconds of application;
A 1.7-oz. dispenser of CLEANpHIRST™ provides 125 applications while a 2-oz. dispenser of the leading alcohol-based brand delivers only 39, meaning you won't have to buy travel-size containers as often;
The active ingredient in CLEANpHIRST™, benzalkonium chloride (BZK), has been proven effective against H1N1 (a.k.a.,”Swine Flu”) in one scientific study; and
Unlike the leading alcohol-based products, CLEANpHIRST™has not had tight new restrictions placed on it by state fire marshals and, in turn, at places like the University of Michigan.
MARCHING ORDERS
Now that you know the facts, here are your marching orders:
AIRLINE EXECUTIVES:As an alternative to losing passengers to charters, you can offer each passenger who purchases a ticket on your airline a free supply of convenient, travel-sized 1.7-oz. dispenser of Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer;
EMPLOYERS OF FREQUENT FLIERS: As the employer of a work force that includes frequent fliers, you can offer each employee who must travel a free supply of Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer;
AIRLINE EMPLOYEES:Many airlines provide their air crew members (i.e., pilots, flight attendants, first officer, etc.) with antibacterial wipes for in-flight use. In most cases, however, those wipes kill only 99.9% or 99.99 percent of the microbes you don't want around. Conversely, Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer delivers efficacy of 99.999% and does it without the alcohol that dries your skin -- especially at altitude! So you should get some Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer, too!
As a special bonus when you order a six-pack of Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer for only $30, we’ll include shipping to any location within the continental U.S. absolutely free! That’s 750 applications — enough to last you almost six months at 5 applications per day.
"Any environment in which people are crowded together with compromised hygiene carries a heightened risk." That opinion, offered by Dr. Dean Blumberg, appeared today in a U.S. News & World Report article, Swine Flu Loves a Crowd.
Blumberg, an associate professor of pediatric infectious diseases at the University of California-Davis Children's Hospital, went on to describe that type of environment as follows: "It's when people don't have access to hand washing or shower facilities."
Ever find yourself in a heightened-risk environment without access to hand washing or shower facilities? Below are five reasons why you should take steps to lower your risk with Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer from CLEANpHIRST™:
1. Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer is an extremely-safe, effective, non-irritating, non-flammable and non-staining alternative to alcohol-based hand sanitizer that kills well beyond the level of the leading alcohol-based hand sanitizers on the market (i.e., 99.999 percent kill rate against Staphylococcus aureus).
3. The active ingredient in Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer, benzalkonium chloride (BZK), has been proven effective against H1N1 (a.k.a.,”Swine Flu”) in one scientific study. Unlike other hand sanitizer products containing BZK, Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer maximizes its effectiveness via the use of a unique patent-pending surfactant package that allows the active ingredient to penetrate cell walls at a higher rate. Best of all, it does so without alcohol, an ingredient that dries out the skin and can damage the skin with repeated use.
4. Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer provides up to 30 minutes of protection on the skin, and that compares to alcohol, the active ingredient in the 21-year-old technology of the leading products, which evaporates from the skin within 10 seconds of application.
As you might imagine, everyone at CLEANpHIRST™ is excited about International Clean Hands Week, Sept. 20-26.
During the week, we're encouraging everyone to focus on keeping their hands clean. That means washing your hands with soap and water several times each day. When soap and water isn't available, use Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer.
Below are some of the reasons why you should keep our hands clean:
According to CDC, the single most important thing we can do to keep from getting sick and spreading illness to others is to clean our hands;
Nearly 22 million school days are lost due to the common cold alone. Some viruses and bacteria can live from 20 minutes up to 2 hours or more on surfaces like cafeteria tables, doorknobs, and desks. (CDC);
52.2 million cases of the common cold affect Americans under the age of 17 each year. (CDC, 1996);
Students don't wash their hands often or well. In one study, only 58% of female and 48% of male middle and high school students washed their hands after using the bathroom. (American Journal of Infection Control, 1997); and
A study of Detroit school children showed that scheduled hand washing, at least four times a day, can reduce gastrointestinal illness and related absences by more than 50%. (Family Medicine, 1997).
BIG NEWS:CLEANpHIRST™ is making free samples of a brand-new skin sanitizer product available to the first 100 coaches -- high school, college and club wrestling -- in the continental United States who contact us during a special pre-launch promotion [For details, see "FREE OFFER GUIDELINES" at end of post].
The new product, Take Down Alcohol-Free Skin Sanitizer, was developed especially for wrestlers and stands as an extremely-safe, effective, non-irritating, non-flammable, non-staining alternative to alcohol-based skin sanitizer products.
Take Down not only kills well beyond the level of the leading alcohol-based skin sanitizers on the market (i.e., 99.999 percent kill rate against Staphylococcus aureus), but it’s also effective against MRSA and E. coli. In addition, it's the only formula on the market proven effective against both strains of the Norovirus, and the active ingredient in TD (benzalkonium chloride) has been proven effective against the H1N1 virus (a.k.a.,”Swine Flu”) in one scientific study.
Unlike other skin sanitizer products containing BZK, Take Down maximizes its effectiveness via the use of a unique surfactant package that allows the active ingredient to penetrate cell walls at a higher rate. Best of all, it does it without alcohol, an ingredient that evaporates within 10-15 seconds, dries out the skin and can damage the skin with repeated use.
We look forward to finding out how excited you become about Take Down and to introducing you to other CLEANpHIRST™ products that can make wrestling a "cleaner" sport for everyone.
~FREE OFFER GUIDELINES~
Are you the coach or manager of a high school or college wrestling program in the continental United States who’s interested in receiving a free sample of Take Down? If so, please send an e-mail to info (at) CLEANpHIRST (dot) com with “Free Skin Sanitizer” in the subject line and including the following information in the body of the message:
Your Name
Name of School/Program/Club
Physical Address
City State Zip Code
Best Phone Number to Reach You
Best E-mail Address to Reach You
Please know that none of the information you supply will be shared with any third parties outside of the parcel delivery service we use to ship the product to you.
The video above highlights one of the many reasons why you should keep bottles of Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer handy wherever you go: Some people do not wash their hands after using the restroom. If you don't believe it, read this post, You Wash Your Hands, But Does Everyone Else?, for some gruesome details.
In almost every recent news story about combating the H1N1 virus (a.k.a., "Swine Flu"), a health care professional (a.k.a., "the expert") is interviewed and asked to offer advice. In turn, the expert offers little more than a recap of CDC guidelines, including the recommendation that alcohol-based hand sanitizer should be used when soap and water is not available. While everyone at CLEANpHIRST™ agrees with the soap-and-water part, we take issue with the advice to use alcohol-based hand sanitizer.
Why? Because that recommendation is not based on the latest scientific data. Instead, it stems from the CDC's own failure to develop/select a sporicidal protocol for measuring the effectiveness of the alcohol-free foam hand sanitizer available from CLEANpHIRST™.
If the CDC would develop and/or select a sporicidal protocol for measuring the effectiveness of hand sanitizer, they would find Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer more effective than the leading alcohol-based hand sanitizer products in several ways.
For instance, they would find hand sanitizer to be an extremely-safe, effective, non-irritating, non-flammable and non-staining alternative to alcohol-based hand sanitizer that kills well beyond the level of the leading alcohol-based hand sanitizers on the market (i.e., 99.999 percent kill rate against Staphylococcus aureus).
Furthermore, they would find the following statements to be true:
hand sanitizer is the only hand sanitizer proven effective against both strains of Norovirus;
The active ingredient in hand sanitizer, benzalkonium chloride (BZK), has been proven effective against H1N1 (a.k.a.,”Swine Flu”) in one scientific study;
hand sanitizer provides up to 30 minutes of protection on the skin, and that compares to alcohol, the active ingredient in the 21-year-old technology of the leading products, which evaporates from the skin within 10 seconds of application; and
Unlike the leading alcohol-based products, hand sanitizer has not had tight new restrictions placed on it by state fire marshals and, in turn, at places like the University of Michigan.
Editor's Note to Journalists: If you wrote one of the articles below or you've written other article(s) about hand sanitizer, please contact us at info (at) CLEANpHIRST (dot) com or via the comments section below to learn more for your next story about hand sanitizer:
Are you one of those people who doesn't think he needs to keep hand sanitizer handy (i.e., in your coat pocket, in your car or at your workplace)? If so, I ask you to reconsider by examining events that might take place in a relatively typical week in the life of an American:
If you're like about 40 percent of Americas, you attend church on a regular basis. While there, do you shake hands with your fellow churchgoers? If so, you need to keep hand sanitizer handy.
If you're like almost 40 million other Americans with children of preschool age, chances are high that you take them to a child care facility of one kind or another on a daily basis. While there, do you touch any door handles, counters or other surfaces inside that child care facility? If so, you need to keep hand sanitizer handy.
If you're like the vast majority of Americans who work outside the home, studies show that a large percentage of the people you work with don't wash their hands after using the restroom. While you're at work, do you ever handle items previously handled by coworkers or touch surfaces coworkers have touched? If so, you need to keep hand sanitizer handy.
If you are like most Americans, you visit a grocery store at least once a week to stock up on food. While there, do you ever use a shopping cart that's already been handled by dozens of people? If so, you need to keep hand sanitizer handy.
As you might imagine, I could provide hundreds of other examples of daily activities that warrant keeping hand sanitizer handy. I cannot, however, provide more than one recommendation of a hand sanitizer best able to meet your needs: Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer.
An extremely-safe, effective, non-irritating, non-flammable and non-staining alternative to alcohol-based hand sanitizer, CLEANpHIRST kills well beyond the level of the leading alcohol-based hand sanitizers on the market (i.e., 99.999 percent kill rate against Staphylococcus aureus). Plus, it's the only hand sanitizer proven effective against both strains of Norovirus. Perhaps best of all, the active ingredient in Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer, benzalkonium chloride (BZK), has been proven effective against H1N1 (a.k.a.,”Swine Flu”) in one scientific study.
Unlike other hand sanitizer products containing BZK, Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer maximizes its effectiveness via the use of a unique patent-pending surfactant package that allows the active ingredient to penetrate cell walls at a higher rate. Best of all, it does so without alcohol, an ingredient that dries out the skin and can damage the skin with repeated use.
Make sure you have enough CLEANpHIRST for everyone in your family. When you order a six-pack of Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer for only $30, we’ll include shipping to any location within the continental U.S. absolutely free! To order, click here.
Have you made a decision to increase the use and availability of alcohol-based hand sanitizer at the hospital, school, business or other location where you work? If so, it's time to rethink that decision.
Why? Because the Office of the State Fire Marshal in Michigan recently issued a bulletin that limits where alcohol-based hand sanitizer dispensers can be placed because of liability and risk management concerns about the product’s flammability.
Has anyone acted on the guidance in that bulletin? Yes.
Officials at the University of Michigan placed tight new restrictions on the installation of dispensers containing alcohol-based hand sanitizer, according to an Aug. 20 memo distributed throughout the university's campuses.
The new guidelines were, according to the memo, issued jointly by the university’s Office of Emergency Preparedness, the chief health officer, Operational Safety and Community Health, Fire Safety Services and the Office of Risk Management.
In the same memo, university officials recommended procurement officials purchase hand sanitizer dispensers containing benzalkonium chloride (BZK) instead of alcohol-based hand sanitizer. Though they didn’t recommend it by name, they basically directed their purchasing officials to purchase Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer, the most-effective BZK-based formula available, in wall-mounted dispensers.
October is National Cruise Vacation Month and millions of Americans are planning to take cruise vacations to the Caribbean, the Mediterranean or Alaska. If you're among them, CLEANpHIRST™ recommends you follow three steps below to ensure you have an enjoyable cruise vacation:
1) Choose your cruise line and destination;
2) Find out what kind of hand sanitizer your cruise line plans to coat you with -- and they will coat you with it, ask anyone -- while you're on board [Note: If It's an alcohol-based hand sanitizer, proceed to the next step]; and
Available from CLEANpHIRST™, Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer stands as the only hand sanitizer formula on the market today that's been proven effective against both strains of Norovirus, the flu-like intestinal virus that became known as "The Cruise Ship Virus" a few years back after so many cruise ship passengers contracted it.
An extremely-safe, effective, non-irritating, non-flammable and non-staining alternative to alcohol-based hand sanitizer, Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer kills well beyond the level of the leading alcohol-based hand sanitizers on the market (i.e., 99.999 percent kill rate against Staphylococcus aureus).
Unlike other hand sanitizer products containing BZK, Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer maximizes its effectiveness via the use of a unique patent-pending surfactant package that allows the active ingredient to penetrate cell walls at a higher rate. Best of all, it does so without alcohol, an ingredient that dries out the skin and can damage the skin with repeated use.
When you order a six-pack of Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer for only $30, we’ll include shipping to any location within the continental U.S. absolutely free! To order, click here.
A recent decision by officials at the University of Michigan should prompt others who own and manage work and living spaces -- both in academia and elsewhere -- to reconsider their policies when it comes to installation of alcohol-based hand sanitizer dispensers in their facilities at Ann Arbor and several regional campuses.
University officials placed tight new restrictions on the installation of such dispensers in an Aug. 20 memo distributed throughout the university. The restrictions are based largely on a state fire marshal’s bulletin limiting where alcohol-based hand sanitizer dispensers can be placed because of liability and risk management concerns about the product’s flammability.
The new guidelines were, according to the memo, issued jointly by the university's Office of Emergency Preparedness, the chief health officer, Operational Safety and Community Health, Fire Safety Services and the Office of Risk Management. Perhaps, that's a signal to building owners and property managers everywhere that they should reconsider their own policies regarding hand sanitizer dispensers.
In the same memo, university officials recommended procurement officials purchase hand sanitizer dispensers containing benzalkonium chloride (BZK) instead of alcohol-based hand sanitizer. Though they didn't recommend it by name, they basically directed their purchasing officials to purchase Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer in wall-mounted dispensers.
The active ingredient in CLEANpHIRST,BZK, has been proven effective against H1N1 (a.k.a.,”Swine Flu”) in a scientific study conducted two years ago. Unlike other hand sanitizer products containing BZK, however,CLEANpHIRST maximizes its effectiveness via the use of a unique surfactant package that allows the active ingredient to penetrate cell walls at a higher rate. Best of all, it does it without alcohol, an ingredient that dries out the skin and can damage the skin with repeated use.
What else makes CLEANpHIRST so special? Unlike the leading alcohol-based products whose active ingredient, alcohol, evaporates within 10 seconds of application, CLEANpHIRST protects your skin for 30 minutes after application. As a result, CLEANpHIRSTkills well beyond the level of those leading alcohol-based hand sanitizers on the market (i.e., 99.999 percent kill rate against Staphylococcus aureus). It’s also the only formula on the market proven effective against both strains of the Norovirus.
Among the orders received at CLEANpHIRST™ this morning was one from a man who works in a health care setting. His order of a six-pack of Aloe Up® Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer, prompted me to think out loud: "I bet a lot of people who are new to CLEANpHIRST™ are curious as to who else in health care is using the new class of cleaning products available to them from our web site."
That in mind, I offer the partial list below of entities in the health care arena now using products manufactured by Tionicon and available from CLEANpHIRST™:
Anda Pharmaceuticals, Weston, Fla.
Emergency Medical Products, Waukesha, Wisc.
Hollister International, Libertyville, Ill.
Invacare Supply Group, Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.
Lake Forest Hospital, Lake Forest, Ill.
LTAC Acute Care VA Hospital, Lafayette, La.
Northern Ohio Medical Specialists, Huron, Ohio
Passport Health, Nationwide
Sullivan County Nursing Home, Unity, N.H.
Westboro State Hospital, Westboro, Mass.
Woodridge Nursing Home, Grapevine, Texas
If you think you might want to add your name to the growing list of end users moving away from alcohol-based hand sanitizer and replacing their "Me, too" cleaning products with a new class of options available from CLEANpHIRST™, I invite you to discover what we have to offer at our web site, http://www.CLEANpHIRST.com.
The staff at CLEANpHIRST™, an authorized reseller of Tionicon products that eradicate methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, applauds the work of the MRSA Survivors Network, the official organization for World MRSA Day.
In an effort to raise awareness about methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, the Chicago-based group is holding a kick-off event Oct. 1 at 11 a.m. at Loyola University's downtown campus (Lewis Towers, Beane Hall, 13th floor). World MRSA Day will be observed Oct. 2 with MRSA-related activists and health care organizations holding events throughout the month of October as part of World MRSA Awareness Month.
If you work in a health care setting,DepHyze™ Decon 3D stands as a proven, effective solution to help you in your never-ending struggle with MRSA. For instance, it offers:
Extraordinary Effectiveness – A two-part product, DepHyze™ Decon 3D has the potential to reach “7 Log” efficacy ratings — or 99.99999% kill rates against the most-potent “superbugs”. In comparison, the leading mass-marketed commercial cleaning products are limited to 3 Log (99.9%) or 4 Log (99.99%) effectiveness — vastly inferior in the world of microorganisms where reproduction rates are factored exponentially.
Residual Killing Effect – Substrates that have been cleaned with DepHyze™ Decon 3D will maintain a sterile surface for long periods and keep killing over time. For example, an interior ceiling or wall treated with DepHyze™ Decon 3D and not routinely cleaned or abraded can demonstrate residual killing ability for more than two years!
Non-toxic – Even though DepHyze™ Decon 3D is extremely powerful, it is also biodegradable and not harmful to humans or animals.
Eliminates Odors – DepHyze™ Decon 3D is 100 percent effective in eliminating foul odors, providing complete biological and chemical odor negation via true chemical neutralization instead of simply masking smells.
Easy to Use – No special equipment or training is required to use DepHyze™ Decon 3D. In fact, it can be applied in numerous ways (i.e., spray, brush, wipe, mop, mist, etc.). One gallon of the product can treat up to 2,000 square feet.
The latest assessment appeared recently at Things & Stuff Reviews, a sister site of the Stimeyland blog. Below is a sample of the comments made by the reviewer, Jean, who calls Maryland home.
Now, I know that handwashing is important. And when you can't be around a sink, hand sanitizer is a great option. But I don't love all the alcohol and mess that comes with traditional sanitizers.
It shouldn't come as any surprise to folks in Minnesota that, according to this report, there's been a reported outbreak of the H1N1 virus (a.k.a., "Swine Flu") at the 2009 Minnesota State Fair. Wanna know why? Read this post about a study conducted at the fairgrounds 5 years ago, then order some Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer -- and quickly!
"Many students say they routinely wash their hands," said Douglas Powell, an associate professor of food safety at Kansas State University. "But even in an outbreak situation, many students simply don't." In February 2006, Powell and two colleagues -- Ben Chapman, an assistant professor at North Carolina State University, and research assistant Brae Surgeoner -- observed hand sanitation behavior during an outbreak. What was thought to have been Norovirus sickened nearly 340 students at the University of Guelph in Canada.
Hand sanitation stations and informational posters were stationed at the entrance to a residence hall cafeteria, where the potential for cross-contamination was high. The researchers observed that even during a high-profile outbreak, students followed recommended hand hygiene procedures just 17 percent of the time. In a self-reported survey after the outbreak had subsided, 83 of 100 students surveyed said they always followed proper hand hygiene but estimated that less than half of their peers did the same.
Most college students surveyed perceived at least one barrier to following recommended procedures for good hand hygiene: More than 90 percent cited the lack of soap, paper towels or hand sanitizer.
In addition to being the only formula on the market proven effective against both strains of the Norovirus, Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer, stands as an extremely-safe, effective, non-irritating, non-flammable, non-staining alternative to alcohol-based hand sanitizers.
CLEANpHIRST not only kills well beyond the level of the leading alcohol-based hand sanitizers on the market (i.e., 99.999 percent kill rate against Staphylococcus aureus), but it’s active ingredient, benzalkonium chloride (BZK), was proven effective against H1N1 (a.k.a.,”Swine Flu”) in a scientific study conducted two years ago.
Unlike other hand sanitizer products containing BZK, Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer maximizes its effectiveness via the use of a unique surfactant package that allows the active ingredient to penetrate cell walls at a higher rate. Best of all, it does so without alcohol, an ingredient that dries out the skin and can damage the skin with repeated use.
Again, order a supply of Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer for your student. You'll be glad you did, and your child might (emphasis added) even thank you for it.
Unbelievable! According to a report in the San Jose Mercury News, more than 2,000 Washington State University students have been sickened by the H1N1 virus (a.k.a., "Swine Flu") during the first two weeks of fall semester classes. Makes me wonder what kind of cleaning products and hand sanitizers the folks at WSU are using. After all, I haven't heard reports like those out of Pullman, Wash., from any of the schools using products manufactured by Tionicon and available from CLEANpHIRST™. I'm just saying...hmmm?
At least once a week, it seems like I'm publishing a post having something to do with schools and the need school officials have to keep their facilities clean and safe. Today, I share a partial list of schools, ranging from pre-schools to universities and everything in between, where decision-makers have embraced the new class of Tionicon-manufactured products available from CLEANpHIRST™.
Take a look at the list below, and see if you recognize any of them:
Appletree Academy -- Wentzville, Mo.
Babson College -- Boston, Mass.
Grand Island School District, Grand Island, N.Y.
Kinder-Care Lutheran Pre-School, Elmhurst, Ill.
Massart College -- Boston, Mass.
Milcreek Township School District -- Erie, Pa.
North Royalton School District -- N. Royalton, Ohio
St. James School (K-8), Glen Ellyn, Ill.
St. Peters Lutheran School (K-8), Schaumburg, Ill.
University of Wisconsin -- Madison, Wisc.
University of Michigan -- Ann Arbor, Mich.
Want to add your name to this list? Visit our web site for product and contact information.
Amidst reports of teens drinking alcohol-based hand sanitizer to get drunk, officials with the West Independent School District in Waco, Texas, opted to be proactive and remove the products from the district's schools, according to a report today on the web site of ABC affiliate KXXV-TV 25.
Reports about school officials making decisions identical to the one made in Waco are surfacing more frequently than ever before as people become more aware of the dangers of alcohol-based hand sanitizer. Only two days ago on this blog, I reported that a school district in Nova Scotia had banned alcohol-based hand sanitizer from their schools.
Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer is as an extremely-safe, effective, non-irritating, non-flammable, non-staining alternative to alcohol-based hand sanitizers. Not only does it kill well beyond the level of the leading alcohol-based hand sanitizers on the market (i.e., 99.999 percent kill rate against Staphylococcus aureus), but it’s also the only formula on the market proven effective against both strains of the Norovirus. In addition, the active ingredient in Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer, benzalkonium chloride (BZK), has been proven effective against H1N1 (a.k.a.,”Swine Flu”) in a scientific study conducted two years ago.
Unlike other hand sanitizer products containing BZK, Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer maximizes its effectiveness via the use of a unique surfactant package that allows the active ingredient to penetrate cell walls at a higher rate. Best of all, it does so without alcohol, an ingredient that dries out the skin and can damage the skin with repeated use.
If you attend or work at a school where alcohol-based hand sanitizer is still used, tell the people who make purchasing decisions at your school to contact CLEANpHIRST™ for more information about Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer.
I wanted to let you know that I FINALLY wrote about Aloe-Up on my newly created review site. I like the product a lot and will be telling my “in real life” friends about it, too! Here’s a link to my review:
It appears as if Cape Breton-Victoria Regional School Board officials have been reading this blog.
According to a CBC report today, those officials cited one primary factor — the fear that it could be used to start fires — as having influenced their decision to ban alcohol-based hand sanitizer from dozens of Nova Scotia schools this fall. Other factors mentioned in the piece were the high alcohol content of alcohol-based hand cleaners and hand sanitizers and the ingestion hazards they pose.
Coincidentally, several CLEANpHIRST™ blog posts have covered the same topics:
In an Aug. 27 post (Can 12,000 Emergency Room Visits Be Ignored?), I highlighted the American Association of Poison Control Center statistic that almost 12,000 children were taken to emergency rooms in 2006 after ingesting alcohol-based hand sanitizer; and
In a July 30 post (Videos Capture Attention at Safety Conference), I highlighted YouTube videos which showed evidence of the fire dangers presented by alcohol-based hand sanitizer.
At St. Louis-based CLEANpHIRST™, we are so convinced that people will love Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer if they simply give it a try, we’re willing to give away free wall-mounted dispensers of the product to the first 100 people who contact us on behalf of a child care facility they own or operate in the continental United States [See "FREE OFFER GUIDELINES" at end of post].
The package we provide will include a wall-mounted dispenser and approximately 2,375 applications of Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer, a product that stands as an extremely-safe, effective, non-irritating, non-flammable, non-staining alternative to alcohol-based hand sanitizers.
What makes Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer so special? In part, it’s the fact that Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer kills well beyond the level of the leading alcohol-based hand sanitizers on the market (i.e., 99.999 percent kill rate against Staphylococcus aureus). It’s also the only formula on the market proven effective against both strains of the Norovirus. In addition, the active ingredient in Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer, benzalkonium chloride (BZK), has been proven effective against H1N1 (a.k.a.,”Swine Flu”) in a scientific study conducted two years ago.
Unlike other hand sanitizer products containing BZK, Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer maximizes its effectiveness via the use of a unique surfactant package that allows the active ingredient to penetrate cell walls at a higher rate. Best of all, it does it without alcohol, an ingredient that dries out the skin and can damage the skin with repeated use.
We look forward to finding out how excited you become about Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer and to introducing you to other CLEANpHIRST™ products that can make caring for children easier for you.
~ FREE OFFER GUIDELINES ~
Are you the owner or operator of a child care facility located in the continental United States who’s interested in receiving a free wall-mounted dispenser of Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer for use in your facility? If so, please send an e-mail to info (at) CLEANpHIRST (dot) com with “Free Wall-Mount Dispenser” in the subject line and including the following information in the body of the message:
Name of Owner/Operator/Manager
Name of Child Care Facility
Physical Address
City State Zip Code
State license number for your facility
Best Phone Number to Reach You
Best E-mail Address to Reach You (if different from the one you use)
Please know that none of the information you supply will be shared with any third parties outside of the parcel delivery service we use to ship the product to you.
You should be using alcohol-free hand sanitizer on a regular basis…
If you’re a politician, a professional athlete, a rock star or an always-on-the-go sales professional and you shake hands with a lot of people — including many you don’t know — on a regular basis;
If you’re a bus driver, a flight attendant, a school teacher or a waitress and you work in a confined space occupied by large numbers of people — including many who are sick — on a regular basis; and
If you’re a regular attendee at your house of worship and shake hands with a lot of people — including friends, acquaintances and people you’ve just met — on a regular basis.
Still using an alcohol-based hand sanitizer? Don’t worry! A safe, effective, non-toxic and alcohol-free alternative is available in the form of Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer.
Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer kills well beyond the level of the leading alcohol-based hand sanitizers on the market (i.e., 99.999 percent kill rate against Staphylococcus aureus). It’s also the only formula on the market that’s been proven effective against both strains of the Norovirus. In addition, the active ingredient in Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer — benzalkonium chloride (BZK) — was proven effective against H1N1 (a.k.a.,”Swine Flu”) in a study conducted two years ago.
Unlike other hand sanitizer products which contain BZK, Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer maximizes its effectiveness via the use of a unique surfactant package that allows that ingredient to penetrate cell walls at a higher rate. And, again, it does it without alcohol, an ingredient that dries out the skin and can damage the skin with repeated use.
As a special bonus when you order a six-pack of Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer for only $30, we’ll include shipping to any location within the continental U.S. absolutely free! That’s 750 applications — enough to last you almost six months at 5 applications per day.
One approach to running a business involves encouraging employees to get healthy if they’re not already and to stay healthy. It’s called wellness and many companies think they’re doing enough. With concerns about a Swine Flu outbreak hitting this fall, businesses can’t afford to leave well(ness) enough alone.
Advocates of corporate wellness programs often cite the adage, “A healthy employee is a happy employee,” and it’s not uncommon to hear phrases such as “increased productivity,” “high return on investment,” and “more affordable health insurance premiums” during a conversation on the subject. Their programs address diet, exercise and the need for regular medical checkups. Unfortunately, however, many corporate wellness program directors fail to address environmental factors. And the results of such an omission can be hazardous to a company’s health (a.k.a., “bottom line”).
Frequent and regular cleaning of the corporate environment must take place as part of every corporate wellness program — but not with bleach or other decades-old cleaning products that are ineffective against today’s crop of bacteria, germs and viruses. Instead, the cleaning effort must involve the most-effective cleaning solutions available.
CLEANpHIRST™ offers those solutions in a new class of cleaning products, several of which deliver up to “7 log” efficacy (99.99999 percent kill rate) against even the worst bacteria, mold, mildew and viruses. In short, they perform at levels of effectiveness thousands of times greater than the products you’re probably using now. [Note: You might want to check the labels of the products you keep in your supply area. More than likely, they offer only 99.9% to 99.99% efficacy. Not enough.]
The average American worker misses 5.3 days each year due to illness, according to recent reports, and that number is likely to increase if a Swine Flu outbreak materializes as many experts predict it will.
Don’t put yourself in the position of knowing you could have done more to help your company stay well this fall. Contact CLEANpHIRST™.
While only 1 in 10 Americans surveyed claimed to be very worried about H1N1 flu (a.k.a., “Swine Flu”), 93 percent are taking or planning to take at least one action to guard against this new flu, according to results of a recent American Red Cross poll made public in a news release this morning. Arguably the best actions Americans can take, however, is a thorough, top-to-bottom cleaning of their homes, schools, athletic facilities and workplaces using products containing DepHyze™ cleaning technology.
Available in products from CLEANpHIRST™, DepHyze™ technology was developed from a base formula originally developed at Sandia National Laboratories as a solution to the military’s need to neutralize chemical and biological weapons. Subsequent to the first Gulf War, SNL commercially licensed the formula to private-sector companies, including Aurora, Colo.-based Tionicon™.
Charlie Talley, the lead chemist for Tionicon™, was one of the first scientists to understand the potential of the base formula and conducted a decade’s worth of research to prove its capability for numerous commercial applications. Those capabilities, as offered in one of the company’s premier products, DepHyze™ Decon 3D, include the following:
Extraordinary Effectiveness – A two-part product, DepHyze™ Decon 3D has the potential to reach “7 Log” efficacy ratings — or 99.99999% kill rates against the most-potent “superbugs”. In comparison, the leading mass-marketed commercial cleaning products are limited to 3 Log (99.9%) or 4 Log (99.99%) effectiveness — vastly inferior in the world of microorganisms where reproduction rates are factored exponentially.
Residual Killing Effect – Substrates that have been cleaned with DepHyze™ Decon 3D will maintain a sterile surface for long periods and keep killing over time. For example, an interior ceiling or wall treated with DepHyze™ Decon 3D and not routinely cleaned or abraded can demonstrate residual killing ability for more than two years!
Non-toxic – Even though DepHyze™ Decon 3D is extremely powerful, it is also biodegradable and not harmful to humans or animals.
Eliminates Odors – DepHyze™ Decon 3D is 100 percent effective in eliminating foul odors, providing complete biological and chemical odor negation via true chemical neutralization instead of simply masking smells.
Easy to Use – No special equipment or training is required to use DepHyze™ Decon 3D. In fact, it can be applied in numerous ways (i.e., spray, brush, wipe, mop, mist, etc.). One gallon of the product can treat up to 2,000 square feet.
The list below shows only 10 of the many ways DepHyze™ cleaning technology can be used to tackle some of the world’s toughest cleaning challenges:
One of the world’s largest cruise ship lines is using DepHyze™ Decon 3D to kill Norovirus (a.k.a., “the cruise ship virus”);
An aircraft manufacturer in Kansas is using DepHyze™ Decon 3D to decontaminate bacteria in HVAC systems and throughout the interiors of buildings on their property;
A Louisiana automobile dealer group is using DepHyze™ Decon 3D to remove odors, mold and mildew in used cars at nearly four dozen locations;
Offshore drilling operations in the Gulf of Mexico are using DepHyze™ Decon 3D for mold remediation in bathrooms, DepHyze™ Ultra Clean to disinfect and decontaminate living quarters and Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer to reduce the exchange of bacteria, germs and viruses common in close-quarters living environments;
Homeowners in Florida and several other states are using DepHyze™ Decon 3D to remediate mold and mildew growth on roof shingles;
An Illinois motel operator in used DepHyze™ Decon 3D to decontaminate a guest room that had been used illegally as a lab for manufacturing methamphetamines;
A medical device manufacturer in Illinois provided Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer to employees as part of its corporate wellness program’s emphasis on hand hygiene;
A nationally-recognized medical services business owner who provides immunizations for travelers going to foreign countries included Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer as part of a disease-prevention kit for use while traveling; and, finally…
Officials at one Indiana college used DepHyze™ Decon 3D to prevent mold in classrooms after a water main break occurred.
Regardless of your cleaning needs — challenging or not, CLEANpHIRST™ has a product featuring DepHyze™ technology to meet your needs. To learn more about these products or to place an order, click here.
NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams aired a report last night that contained a dire prediction from the Centers for Disease Control: Half of the U.S. population is likely to contract the H1N1 virus (a.k.a., “Swine Flu”). For some 30,000 to 90,000 Americans, it’s expected to be deadly, according to the report below by Robert Bazell.
Are you doing everything possible to keep your home, school, workplace or other location clean, safe and disinfected? The answer is “No” if you’re not using products from CLEANpHIRST™.
To learn more about the entirely new class of cleaning products available to help Americans combat Swine Flu and other highly-contagious bugs, click here
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA, is a potentially-deadlly “superbug” that has become more and more difficult to treat, according to Dr. Monna Khanna, a consulting physician at icyou.com. Why? Because it has migrated from the places where it once occurred (i.e., hospitals) and out into the community.
In the video below, Dr. Khanna explains that members of the general public can take preventative measures to stop the spread of this bacteria by avoiding skin-to-skin contact, covering cuts and scrapes, and washing your hands frequently with soap and water.
Something she didn’t mention, however, is that a new class of cleaning products is now available to people responsible for keeping health care facilities, schools, athletic facilities and other locations clean. Among those products are an ultra-powerful disinfectant, a one-step cleaner, a cold-water laundry detergent, carpet cleaner and alcohol-free hand sanitizer.
To learn more about the arsenal of products available to battle Staphylococcus aureus and MRSA as well as H1N1 virus (a.k.a., “Swine Flu”), Norovirus, Chlostridium difficile (a.k.a., “C diff“) and other bugs, visit CLEANpHIRST™ today.
Reports like this one include warnings that pregnant women are most-susceptible to needing hospitalization after contracting the H1N1 virus (a.k.a., “Swine Flu”). Apparently, people are taking those warnings to heart. Recently, a Maryland mom read a positive review about Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer in a post on the Frugal Catholic Mommy blog. A short time later, she ordered 50 bottles to give away as favors to people who will be attending her pregnant germophobic daughter’s baby shower. Great idea!
Upon learning through this report yesterday that Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s death at 35 was believed by experts to have been caused by a bacterial infection “superbug” similar to MRSA, members of the CLEANpHIRST™ staff took time to reflect upon what other masterpieces he might have composed if only DepHyze™ Decon 3D and/or Dephyze™ Ultra Clean had been available to him.
With DepHyze™ Decon 3D and/or Dephyze™ Ultra Clean in his cleaning closet, the 18th-century musical genius would have been able to keep his humble abode clean and, possibly, keep himself from contracting methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureaus (a.k.a., “MRSA”) or the up-and- coming superbug, Chlostridium difficile (a.k.a., “C diff“).
DepHyze™ Decon 3D is a safe and powerful surface decontaminant, disinfectant and moldicide that’s strong enough to eradicate the highly-contagious bacteria and viruses that cause the flu, common cold, diarrhea, food poisoning and other infections. It’s also able to neutralize and prevent the spread of highly-infectious, blood-borne viral diseases (i.e., HIV, Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C), antibiotic-resistant superbugs such as MRSA and both strains of the highly-contagious Norovirus. Learn more about it here.
Dephyze™ Ultra Clean is an extremely safe, non-toxic and ultra-powerful antimicrobial disinfectant and chemical decontaminant that provides a one-step solution for killing bacteria, viruses, spores, molds, and fungus. Best of all, it replaces multiple cleaning products in your home or workplace. Learn more about it here.
If you want to do everything possible to avoid MRSA and C Diff, put DepHyze™ products from CLEANpHIRST™ to use in your home, school, workplace or other location.
To learn more about these products or to place an order for them, click here.
Under the headline, Swine Flu: The Next Wave, The Wall Street Journal reported today that 55 million children are heading back to school in the next few weeks amidst growing concerns that the H1N1 virus (a.k.a., “Swine Flu”) will spread even further than it already has.
After you read the WSJ article, I recommend you read some of the school-related posts published on this blog. These posts cover topics ranging from loopholes in zero-tolerance policies on alcohol and dangerous school supplies to observations about alcohol and “superbugs” posing greater threats than guns on school campuses and several subjects in between.
Hospitalizations for community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections increased sharply over a 5-year period, a new study reveals. A study of U.S. data from 2000 through 2004 showed the number of people hospitalized for CA-MRSA) infections increased by 29 percent. A full report on the study (“Trends in Hospital Admissions for Skin and Soft Tissue Infections, United States”) will be published in the September issue of the CDC’s Emerging Infectious Diseases, according to this news synopsis.
People who want to do everything possible to prevent CA-MRSA in their homes, hospitals, school or other locations should consider using DepHyze™ Decon 3D from CLEANpHIRST™.
DepHyze™ Decon 3D is a safe and powerful surface decontaminant, disinfectant and moldicide that’s strong enough to eradicate the highly-contagious bacteria and viruses that cause the flu, common cold, diarrhea, food poisoning, and other infections. It’s also able to neutralize and prevent the spread of highly-infectious, blood-borne viral diseases (i.e., HIV, Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C), Staphylococcus aureus, antibiotic-resistant superbugs such as MRSA and C diff, and both strains of the highly-contagious Norovirus.
A 5-week study involving 769 elementary school students determined that the use of alcohol-free hand sanitizer by those students resulted in them being 33% less likely to have been absent due to illness. The study, supported by an Orange County (Calif.) School Nurses Organization Health Promotion Grant, also found that use of the alcohol-free hand sanitizer optimizes student attendance with minimal detraction from instruction time. Furthermore, it revealed that, when standard hand washing facilities are not available or readily accessible, an efficacious alcohol-free hand sanitizer can be used in the school setting. When it comes to alcohol-free hand sanitizers, none perform better than Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer. Available from CLEANpHIRST™, CLEANpHIRST kills well beyond the level of the leading alcohol-based hand sanitizers on the market (i.e., 99.999 percent kill rate against Staphylococcus aureus). It’s also the only formula on the market that’s been proven effective against both strains of the Norovirus. Does it help against Swine Flu? Benzalkonium chloride (BZK), the active ingredient in CLEANpHIRST, has been proven effective against the H1N1 virus (a.k.a.,”Swine Flu”), according to a study conducted two years ago. Unlike other hand sanitizers which contain BZK, CLEANpHIRST maximizes its effectiveness via the use of a unique surfactant package that allows that ingredient to penetrate cell walls at a higher rate. And, again, it does it without alcohol, the active ingredient found in the leading brands of hand sanitizer that dries out the skin, causes painful irritation that lasts for days and, with repeated use, can damage the skin. You can learn more about the differences between hand sanitizer products in these posts or, if you only have time to read one post, check out this one that features a group of doctors in a video worth watching. To learn more about Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer and the entire line of CLEANpHIRST™ products, click here. [Editor's Note: The results of this study undergird the findings of an earlier study, the results of which were highlighted in the post, Study: BZK-Based Alcohol-Free Hand Sanitizer Slashes Illness Absenteeism in Elementary School.]
Flashback to 1988, and you’ll be surprised by the many changes that have taken place in our world since then. For instance:
The Intel 80386SX processor was introduced as a low-cost alternative to the company’s original 386 processor, according to this site. The 80386SX lacked a math coprocessor but still featured 32-bit architecture and built-in multitasking. It was available in lightning-fast — NOT — clock speeds of 16MHz, 20MHz, 25MHz, and 33MHz. Today’s computers offer processor speeds measured in gigahertz (GHz).
The 1988 Chevrolet Sprint Metro was the most fuel-efficient vehicle sold in the United States, and its drivers paid an average of $268 per year in fuel costs! Twenty years later, the 2008 Toyota Prius was the most fuel-efficient vehicle sold in the U.S. Despite being a gas-electric hybrid, its average annual fuel bill was a whopping $911.
Alcohol-based hand sanitizer appeared on the market for the first time.
A lot has changed since 1988.
As the world waits anxiously for an expected outbreak of H1N1 virus (a.k.a., “Swine Flu”) this fall, perhaps one of the most-important changes is evident in the fact that consumers now have available to them an extremely safe, effective, non-irritating, non-flammable, non-staining alternative to alcohol-based hand sanitizers in the form of Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer.
Available from CLEANpHIRST™, Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer kills well beyond the level of the leading alcohol-based hand sanitizers on the market (i.e., 99.999 percent kill rate against Staphylococcus aureus). It’s also the only formula on the market that’s been proven effective against both strains of the Norovirus.
But does it help against Swine Flu?
Though none of the hand sanitizers currently on the market can claim to kill every strain of the H1N1 virus, the active ingredient in Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer — benzalkonium chloride (BZK) — has been proven effective against H1N1 (a.k.a.,”Swine Flu”), according to a study conducted two years ago.
Unlike other hand sanitizer products which contain BZK, Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer maximizes its effectiveness via the use of a unique surfactant package that allows that ingredient to penetrate cell walls at a higher rate. And, again, it does it without alcohol, an ingredient that dries out the skin and can damage the skin with repeated use.
Again, CLEANpHIRST Foam Hand SanitizerDOES NOT CONTAIN ALCOHOL like its 21-year-old predecessors do. Why? Because it dries the hands, causes painful irritation that lasts for days and, with repeated use, can damage the skin.
You can learn more about the differences between hand sanitizer products in these posts or, if you only have time to read one post, check out this one that features a group of doctors in a video worth watching.
Recent news accounts of health care-focused town hall meetings have, on occasion, shown people waving the Gadsden flag (right), prominent in our nation’s early history for bearing the message, “Don’t Tread on Me!” In light of the expected arrival of the H1N1 influenza (a.k.a., “Swine Flu”) this fall, many Americans might want to start waving flags that bear the message, “Don’t Sneeze On Me!” Why? Because they hope to prevent themselves from contracting the potentially-deadly flu expected to arrive this fall.
During the course of an ordinary day, it’s almost impossible to avoid picking up bacteria, germs and viruses from other people. After all, you shake hands with them, you touch door handles they’ve touched and you share space with them at home, at work and at school. Sometimes, you don’t know whether or not the person with whom you shook hands has recently sneezed, coughed or walked out of the restroom without washing his hands first! Gross!
To reduce the chances of you becoming victimized by exchanges like those described above, follow a regimen of regular washing with soap and water and, when soap and water isn’t available, use Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer from CLEANpHIRST™.
News outlets around the world carried the story this week of Russian soccer coach Alexander Shprygin and the advice he gave his team’s fans for protecting themselves from the H1N1 virus (a.k.a., “Swine Flu’) as they travel to Wales for next month’s World Cup qualifier: “We urge our fans to drink a lot of Welsh whiskey as a form of disinfection.” That kind of advice raised two questions in the minds of staffers at CLEANpHIRST™:
IS WHISKEY REALLY EFFECTIVE AGAINST SWINE FLU? and
IS THERE MUCH DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 100-PROOF WHISKEY AND ALCOHOL-BASED HAND SANITIZER?
To help answer those questions, perhaps a side-by-side comparison, as offered in the chart above, might help:
ALCOHOL CONTENT – The average shot of 100-proof whiskey (i.e., the kind that’s strong enough to be flammable) contains about 50% alcohol by volume, while the average alcohol-based hand sanitizer (i.e., the kind that’s strong enough to be flammable) is required by the FDA to have at least 62% alcohol by volume to be considered effective.
EVAPORATION — If you pour 100-proof whiskey on your arm, the alcohol in it will evaporate within 10 to 15 seconds. So will the alcohol (i.e., the “active’ ingredient) in the alcohol-based hand sanitizer.
FLAMMABILITY — If you try to light 100-proof whiskey on fire, the alcohol in it will ignite. Similarly, the alcohol in an alcohol-based hand sanitizer will catch fire and burn blue when you light it. (If you don’t believe it, watch this video or one of many more that surface through a search for “hand sanitizer” on YouTube).
INGESTION — If you drink too much 100-proof whiskey, the alcohol in it will make you drunk and/or sick and you risk the possibility of death if you ingest too much. Similarly, the alcohol in an alcohol-based hand sanitizer will make you drunk and/or sick if you ingest too much of it — and, yes, death is a possibility. As highlighted in a Jan. 20, 2007, report from WCCO-TV, the CBS affiliate in Minneapolis, hand sanitizer contains such a high alcohol content that even a couple of teaspoons can be harmful to a small, curious child who ingests it.
AVAILABILITY — In most states, an individual must be 21 years old to purchase 100-proof whiskey (or, for that matter, any hard liquor). When it comes to hand sanitizer, however, anyone of any age — even that small, curious child — can purchase it at any store in the country.
Hand washing stations have become a fixture at county and state fairs across the country in the past decade to protect fairgoers from animal-borne illnesses such as E.coli. This year, however, fairgoers in some states are being asked to wash their hands for another reason: to help protect pigs from a human-borne illness — specifically the novel H1N1 “Swine Flu” currently circulating in the human population.
That’s the case in North Carolina where State Veterinarian Dr. David Marshall offered advice to fairgoers in a news release Tuesday. He’s advising people who exhibit any flu-like symptoms to stay home from the fair. If they come anyway, he’s asking that they stay away from the animal exhibits. Furthermore, he’s imploring all fairgoers to practice good hygiene by washing hands before and after entering livestock areas and before eating.
If you raise pigs, work around pigs or simply live like a pig (that, of course, is subject to interpretation), try Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer, a product that works great when handwashing with soap and water isn’t available. What makes it so great? It kills well beyond the level of the leading alcohol-based hand sanitizers on the market (i.e., 99.999 percent kill rate against Staphylococcus aureus) and is three times more effective than the leading alcohol-based brands against Norovirus. Further still, it’s the only formula proven effective against both strains of the virus.
Though none of the hand sanitizers currently on the market can claim to kill every strain of the H1N1 virus, the active ingredient in Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer — benzalkonium chloride (BZK) — has been proven effective against H1N1 (”Swine Flu”), according to a study conducted in Japan two years ago.
Unlike other hand sanitizer products which contain BZK, Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer maximizes its effectiveness via the use of a unique surfactant package that allows that ingredient to penetrate cell walls at a higher rate. And, again, it does it without alcohol, an ingredient that dries out the skin and can damage the skin with repeated use.
Hand hygiene and face masks seem to prevent household transmission of influenza virus when implemented within 36 hours of index patient symptom onset, according to the findings of a study published in the upcoming Oct. 6 issue of Annals of Internal Medicine. The findings, from a study conducted by researchers at the University of Hong Kong, suggest that nonpharmaceutical interventions (i.e., hand washing with soap and water and the use of hand sanitizer) are important for mitigation of pandemic and interpandemic influenza, too. Not surprisingly, the Centers for Disease Control-funded study included the use of alcohol-based hand sanitizer instead of the more-effective alcohol-free variety (i.e., Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer). To learn more about the effectiveness of Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer, read Scientific Advances Result in Hand Sanitizer Option, a post published on this blog yesterday.
As the U.S. prepares for a possible second wave of H1N1 (”Swine Flu”), as well as for the annual scourge of seasonal flu and colds, a new report from Consumer Reports claims to be aimed at helping households prepare for, prevent and treat cold and flu symptoms safely and effectively. It even includes recommendations for what to pack in an emergency kit for a flu outbreak. Unfortunately, the venerable magazine made a mistake in its recommendations highlighted in a news release this morning.
Under the subhead, “How to Prepare a Swine Flu Emergency Kit,” the magazine’s editors advise consumers to pack an emergency kit in advance in case the second wave of Swine Flu is severe enough to warrant home confinement. That list includes the following items with the error-laden entry appearing in red:
A two-week supply of food and water;
Fever reducers, such as acetaminophen, ibuprofen, or naproxen;
Cough and cold medications containing chlorpheniramine, diphenhydramine, oxymetazoline, and pseudoephedrine and lozenges with dyclonine, glycerin, or honey can help ease symptoms;
Electrolyte drinks, such as Gatorade or Powerade, to keep you hydrated;
Hand sanitizer with at least 60 percent alcohol, such as Purell, to kill viruses when soap and water aren’t available; and
Surgical masks with an FDA rating of at least N-95 to help prevent spreading the flu. Masks need to be replaced often and disposed of after use.
If only the folks at Consumer Reports had conducted a thorough review of products available in the marketplace today, they would have realized that Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer should appear on the list above.
Why? Because it kills well beyond the level of the leading alcohol-based hand sanitizers on the market (i.e., 99.999 percent kill rate against Staphylococcus aureus) and is three times more effective than the leading alcohol-based brands against Norovirus. Further still, it’s the only formula proven effective against both strains of the virus.
Though none of the hand sanitizers currently on the market can claim to kill every strain of the H1N1 virus, the active ingredient in Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer — benzalkonium chloride (BZK) — has been proven effective against H1N1 (”Swine Flu”), according to a study conducted in Japan two years ago.
Unlike other hand sanitizer products which contain BZK, Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer maximizes its effectiveness via the use of a unique surfactant package that allows that ingredient to penetrate cell walls at a higher rate. And, again, it does it without alcohol, an ingredient that dries out the skin and can damage the skin with repeated use.
A Superior Court judge ruled last week that there is legal justification to keep the Central Men’s Jail under medical quarantine – at least for a couple of days – to control a swine flu outbreak, according to an Orange County Register report. Rather than contend with quarantines, officials at the Los Angeles-area jail — and others around the country — might want to turn to CLEANpHIRST™ for help in keeping the jail clean and minimizing the impact of the H1N1 virus known as “Swine Flu.” CLEANpHIRST™is an authorized reseller of DepHyze™ Decon 3D, a one-step cleaner and disinfectant that could help jail officials across the nation reduce the impact of the virus expected to erupt this fall. DepHyze™ Decon 3D was determined by researchers at Sandia National Laboratories to be highly effective at complete inactivation of the swine influenza A, H1N1 virus. Referred to in this report by its generic name, “Sandia DF200D,” DepHyze™ Decon 3D is available today from CLEANpHIRST™. To learn more about DepHyze™ Decon 3D and its sister products, click here.
Fifty-eight percent (58%) of Americans are at least somewhat concerned that Swine Flu will become a more serious problem in the fall with the arrival of the traditional flu season, according to a Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey released Friday. Fortunately, CLEANpHIRST™ offers cleaning and disinfectant solutions that can help allay some Swine Flu-related fears through the effective treatment of surfaces in homes, hospitals, schools and other settings where the H1N1 virus is not welcome. One of those products, DepHyze™ Decon 3D, was determined by researchers at Sandia National Laboratories to be highly effective at complete inactivation of the swine influenza A, H1N1 virus. Referred to in this report by its generic name, “Sandia DF200D,” DepHyze™ Decon 3D is available today from CLEANpHIRST™. To learn more about it, click here.
A new national study, conducted among 670 physicians and measuring perceptions regarding the H1N1 Swine Flu, revealed that doctors’ level of concern has steadily increased over the past month. Fortunately, CLEANpHIRST™ offers cleaning and disinfectant solutions that can help allay some Swine Flu-related fears through the effective treatment of surfaces in homes, hospitals, schools and other settings where the H1N1 virus is not welcome.
One of those products, DepHyze™ Decon 3D, was determined by researchers at Sandia National Laboratories to be highly effective at complete inactivation of the swine influenza A, H1N1 virus. Referred to in this report by its generic name, “Sandia DF200D,” DepHyze™ Decon 3D is available today from CLEANpHIRST™.
Imagine what the world would be like if, long ago, medical researchers stopped looking for new cures and innovations:
A diagnosis of cancer might still be the death sentence it was when it was when so many forms of the disease were simply referred to as “consumption”;
Penicillin might still be the only antibiotic available to fight deadly viruses; and
Alcohol-based hand sanitizers might still be considered the most-effective hand sanitizer products on the market.
Fortunately, a number of great scientific advances have been made:
Cancer victims now have “fighting chances” thanks to revolutionary new surgical and non-surgical breakthroughs;
Doctors now have an arsenal of antibiotics for use in treating many of the world’s most-dangerous viruses; and
People in search of a safe and effective hand sanitizer that doesn’t dry out their skin no longer have to rely upon the leading brands, most of which contain at least 62 percent alcohol. Instead, they can turn to Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer.
Available from CLEANpHIRST™, Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer kills well beyond the level of the leading alcohol-based hand sanitizers on the market (i.e., 99.999 percent kill rate against Staphylococcus aureus). Three times more effective than the leading alcohol-based brands against Norovirus, it’s the only formula proven effective against both strains of the virus.
Though none of the hand sanitizers currently on the market can claim to kill every strain of the H1N1 virus, the active ingredient in Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer — benzalkonium chloride (BZK) — has been proven effective against H1N1 (a.k.a.,”Swine Flu”), according to a study conducted in Japan two years ago.
Unlike other hand sanitizer products which contain BZK, Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer maximizes its effectiveness via the use of a unique surfactant package that allows that ingredient to penetrate cell walls at a higher rate. And, again, it does it without alcohol, an ingredient that dries out the skin and can damage the skin with repeated use.
Why? Because that recommendation is not based on the latest scientific data. Instead, it stems from the CDC's own failure to develop/select a sporicidal protocol for measuring the effectiveness of the alcohol-free foam hand sanitizer available from 
