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.
It's one of the country's most renowned hospitals, and it's located in Chicago. But questions about its cleanliness were raised, and Investigator Dave Savini takes a look with a hidden camera.
The following is a partial list of entities in the health care arena now using products 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/.
Six Steps To Protect Against The Spread Of Norovirus
Norovirus is the second most frequent cause of illness after the common cold. Symptoms include nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and abdominal pain, and occur between 24 and 48 hours after exposure. Norovirus can be life-threatening for the elderly and immunocompromised.
The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) has six simple steps to protect families against noroviruses. These include:
Step 1. Practice Proper Hand Hygiene
Frequent hand washing is always the best defense. This includes washing hands for at least 15 seconds (sing the happy birthday song twice) or using hand sanitizers like CLEANpHIRST™ Alcohol-Free Hand Sanitizer, which has a 99.999% kill rate; – rubbing until hands are dry.
Step 2. Clean with CLEANpHIRST™
If you’ve had the bug, use CLEANpHIRST™ Decon 3D to disinfect all surfaces. Wear disposable gloves, and don’t forget to maintain frequently used surfaces like door knobs and light switches with CLEANpHIRST™ Ultra Clean. After cleaning, dispose of or sanitize cloths in hot water and CLEANpHIRST™ Decon 3D.
Step 3. Food and Water Safety
Avoid joining an estimated 9.2 million cases of foodborne norovirus infections each year by preventing food contamination. Always wash raw food before eating, and don’t eat food prepared by someone who is ill until 2-3 days after symptoms have cleared.
Step 4. Don’t Air Your Dirty Laundry
Direct contact with a sick person is not required to contaminate soft surfaces. The norovirus can spread from a contaminated pillowcase to a clean towel in a pile of laundry. To disinfect laundry, wash with hot water and CLEANpHIRST™ Laundry Detergent, then dry on “high.” Add CLEANpHIRST™ Decon 3D to your wash for more heavily soiled items.
Step 5. Contain Outbreaks
Immediately quarantine those who are sick. Don’t forget to disinfect everything with CLEANpHIRST™ Decon 3D, and wear protective gloves while cleaning.
Step 6. Prevent Outbreaks
Don’t wait for an outbreak to occur to clean up. Ward off norovirus by maintaining a clean household and regularly disinfecting surfaces with CLEANpHIRST™ products.
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More than 200 known diseases are transmitted through food. In the United States alone, an estimated 6 million to 81 million illnesses and up 9,000 deaths are caused by food borne diseases each year.
Salmonella
Keeping the kitchen clean with CLEANpHIRST™ products is a simple, yet effective way, of preventing several cases of food borne illness. CLEANpHIRST™ products are 99.99999% more effective than bleach. Here are some easy steps you can take to make your kitchen a safe and happy area of your home.
Step 1
It is easier to clean a kitchen when you do not have to fight your way through it. Toss out or give away any gadgets and appliances you no longer use. Store small appliances in cupboards and cabinets. Display only a few decorations on your countertops. Keeping the extra surfaces to a minimum will provide less breeding ground for bacteria.
Step 2
Clean out your refrigerator on a regular basis. The easiest time to do this is before you do your weekly grocery shopping. Discard any food that shows signs of spoilage. Wipe down the shelves and door using CLEANpHIRST™ Ultra Clean.
Step 3
Use CLEANpHIRST™ Ultra Clean to clean up any spills on your stovetop each time you cook. If you have used the oven, wipe the surfaces and racks after the interior has cooled. It is easier to remove drips and grease from the oven as they happen. Remember to wipe down your stove hood and filter with CLEANpHIRST™ Decon 3D to remove grease and splatters after each use, as well.
Step 4
Wipe out your microwave after each use. Use a damp dishcloth that has been soaked in hot, soapy water. Use a little bit of baking soda to remove stubborn food sticking to the sides. If there are strong odors lingering in your microwave, put a couple slices of lemon or some vinegar in a bowl of water and heat it on high for 2-3 minutes to freshen the interior, and then wipe out it out once more.
Step 5
The work surfaces are the most dangerous areas in the kitchen. Food, utensils and hands come directly in contact with these surfaces several times per day. Wipe down the work areas of your countertops before and after using them. Use hot, soapy water or CLEANpHIRST™ Ultra Clean to clean your countertops. Remove everything from the countertops and wash the entire surface once per week. Allow the counters to air dry. Wipe the surfaces of any appliances kept on the countertop as you put them back into place.
Step 6
Wash dishes as you use them. Do not let dirty dishes sit out on the counter. Bacteria and mold grows quickly on dirty dishes, especially in warm temperatures. Dirty dishes attract flies and other insects, as well as rodents. Wash dishes by hand or put them in the dishwasher each time you eat or prepare food.
Step 7
Change your dishtowel and sponge daily. Bacteria can survive for weeks in a wet dishcloth or sponge. It is therefore important to change your dishcloth, dishtowels and sponges on a daily basis. Use one dishcloth or sponge for cleaning the counters and another for washing the dishes. Use disposable paper towels when cleaning up spilled fluids from raw meat. If you plan to use a single dishcloth throughout the day, let it soak in a little water that has a few drops of CLEANpHIRST™ 3D added to it between uses.
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Watch how Decon 3D improves the health of a local day care that was already cleaning several times a day with a bleach solution in accordance with state government standards in this Toy Story
CLEANpHIRST's Decon 3D kills up to 99.99999% of illness causing germs like staph, e-coli, MRSA, norovirus, and H1N1 Swine Flu. Decon 3D is the worlds most advanced antimicrobial / decontaminant. It eradicates bacteria, viruses, spores, molds and fungus and neutralizes toxic chemicals and odors immediately, while being totally biodegradable and safe enough for household use. Click here to buy CLEANpHIRST Decon 3D online now!
Seven-fold Increase in Potentially Lethal Superbug MRSA
The community-associated strain of the deadly superbug MRSA — an infection-causing bacteria resistant to most common antibiotics—poses a far greater health threat than previously known and is making its way into hospitals, according to a study in the December issue of Emerging Infectious Diseases. The new threat is easily picked up in fitness centers, schools, and other public places and has increased the overall burden of MRSA within hospitals, the report found.
The study, which analyzed data from more than 300 microbiology labs serving hospitals all over the United States, found a seven-fold increase in newer “community-associated” strains of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA, in outpatient hospital units between 1999 and 2006. According to study authors, this increase threatens hospital safety because many hospitals share their resources, such as surgical sites, or have doctors or patients that move back and forth between the different areas of the hospital.
“This emerging epidemic of community-associated MRSA strains simply adds to the already high MRSA burden in hospitals,” said Ramanan Laxminarayan, Principle Investigator for Extending the Cure, a project examining antibiotic resistance at the Washington, D.C.-based think tank Resources for the Future. Extending the Cure is supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Pioneer Portfolio, which funds innovative ideas that may lead to breakthroughs in the future of health and health care.
Over the length of the study period, researchers found that MRSA increased more than 90 percent among outpatients and now accounts for more than 50 percent of all Staphylococcus aureus infections. The findings suggest that this was due almost entirely to an increase in community-associated strains, which jumped from 3.6 percent of all MRSA infections to 28.2 percent—a seven-fold jump from 1999 to 2006. Similar increases in inpatients suggest that these strains are spreading rapidly into hospitals as well.
MRSA kills an estimated 20,000 people in the United States each year. The superbug, which is resistant to most common antibiotics, can attack wounds and trigger potentially lethal blood stream infections. Community-associated strains, while generally less virulent and susceptible to more antibiotics, can still cause significant morbidity and mortality.
“MRSA has generally been a significant problem only in hospitals,” said Eili Klein, the report’s lead author and Resources for the Future researcher. “But the findings from this study suggest that there is a significant reservoir in the community as well.” This community reservoir leads to a dangerous spread of community-associated strains from outpatient units into hospitals, according to Klein.
To curtail this spread, hospitals will need to step up infection control procedures, including those practiced in outpatient units. This study and others suggest that the most effective way of containing MRSA and other superbugs is by employing surveillance and infection control on a regional basis.
“The movement of community-associated strains into the hospital also points to the urgent need for rapid tests that can identify the strain of MRSA,” Klein said. Some MRSA strains, particularly those coming into the outpatient departments, are vulnerable to a wider range of cheap antibiotics. With a rapid test, a hospital doctor could prescribe a cheaper, but still effective drug to combat an infection— a strategy that might reduce health care costs and help preserve the nation’s supply of antibiotics, according to authors.
Do hand sanitizers kill the viruses that cause the flu and colds? My husband says no, they just kill bacteria, not viruses, and hand washing with soap is better. So why all the sanitizers everywhere?
ANSWER: The infectious agent for Swine flu (H1N1, Mexican flu) is an Influenza A virus (H1N1). The allowed FDA OTC claim for both benzalkonium chloride-based and Alcohol-based hand sanitizers is “reduces bacteria on the skin”.
However, it is known that benzalkonium chloride is effective at inactivating Influenza A virus, based on hard surface disinfectant data, at concentrations of 0.03 – 0.05% benzalkonium chloride. By comparison, CLEANpHIRST Foam Hand Sanitizer contains 0.1% benzalkonium chloride: 2 to 3 times higher than what is required for disinfectant activity against Influenza virus.
Typically, enveloped viruses such as Influenza A are easily inactivated by benzalkonium chloride. Note that for the same FDA claim of “reduces bacteria on the skin”, alcohol-based products require a minimum of 62% alcohol, where benzalkonium-based sanitizers require only 0.1%.
FDA does not allow for virucidal claims under the Topical Antimicrobials monograph for either benzalkonium or alcohol-based hand sanitizer products and for compliance we do not make these label claims.
Benzalkonium chloride-based leave-on hand sanitizer has demonstrated efficacy in real-world environments. When evaluated in elementary school environments where the importance of proper hygiene practices including hand washing is taught and emphasized, the use of non-alcohol benzalkonium chloride-based leave-on hand sanitizer reduced illness absenteeism 30-40% in double-blind, placebo-controlled studies versus hand washing alone.
Alcohol-based hand sanitizers stop working the INSTANT they dry. The leading manufacturer of alcohol-based hand sanitizers claims that their product kills 99.99% of most common germs that may cause disease in as little as 15 seconds. Alcohol-based hand sanitizers dry in 8 to 10 seconds, and fall below the efficacious concentration of alcohol in seconds. It has been reported that alcohol-based hand sanitizers offer no residual protection, and that if your hands feel dry after rubbing them together for 15 seconds, an insufficient volume of alcohol gel was likely applied.(1) Benzalkonium chloride-based hand sanitizer dries fast, but in 10-15 seconds slower than alcohol-based hand sanitizers, allowing more than the minimum contact time for complete efficacious coverage, including under the fingernails. Additionally, benzalkonium chloride-based CLEANpHIRST Foam Hand Sanitizer delivers 2 to 4 hours of residual protection from its proprietary formulation.
(1) Marples, RR, & Towers, AG (1979). A laboratory model for the investigation of contact transfer of microorganisms. The Journal of Hygiene, 82(2) 237-248.
In Summary: Some Hand Sanitzers Are More Effective Than Others.
Benzalkonium chloride-based CLEANpHIRST Foam Hand Sanitizer had greater sustained antibacterial activity than alcohol based hand sanitizers.
Alcohol-based hand sanitizers became less effective with repeated use and irritate the hands of subjects.
EWG tested over 20 cleaners used in schools in California, and detected hundreds of air contaminants not listed as ingredients by manufacturers. Further testing shows that cleaning a model classroom using 3 widely used, certified green products produces far less air pollution than cleaning the same classroom with 3 common conventional cleaners. View the results.
EWG’s findings come at a time when childhood asthma and many childhood cancers are on the rise.
Lax labeling requirements mean that schools often don't know what they're purchasing. Many would be alarmed to learn that when used as directed, Comet Disinfectant Powder Cleanser, a product commonly used in both schools and private homes, released more than 100 air contaminants, including chloroform, benzene, and formaldehyde.
In response to these concerns, many schools have turned to safer cleaning supplies that have been independently certified to meet protective health and safety standards. Eight states have passed legislation requiring or encouraging use of these green cleaning products in schools. Many other forward-thinking school districts have adopted green cleaning policies, replacing toxic products with safer, more effective alternatives with no increase in costs.
Below is a sample letter you can send to your school:
Dear School,
As a concerned citizen, I am writing to learn more about the cleaning supplies used to maintain school facilities. Because cleaning supplies can contain toxic chemicals that can be hazardous to children's health, and can pollute the air with harmful contaminants, I would like to become involved in efforts to assure use of the safest possible products and cleaning methods in my child's school.
As you may know, asthma is a serious issue nationwide. At present, nearly 1 in 10 children in the U.S. suffer from this terrible health condition. Asthma is the leading cause of hospitalization for children under 15, and the primary cause of missed school days due to chronic illness. As you know, it is difficult for students to learn if they are not in school. As more research accumulates, there is growing concern that chemicals in cleaners can contribute to asthma. Cleaning ingredients have also been linked to cancer and other serious health and there are ecological concerns as well.
Fortunately, growing awareness of the health and environmental impacts of cleaning products has led to the development of many effective, cost-competitive, third-party certified green cleaning products. These green cleaners meet strict criteria concerning ingredient safety, resulting in safer products with reduced toxicity to children, teachers, custodians, and school staff. School districts all over the country have made the switch to green cleaners, for the benefit of both students and staff. Many districts have even saved money in the process. Eight states have now passed laws requiring or encouraging use of green cleaners in schools.
Recent research compares the air pollution released by cleaning a model classroom with conventional versus green cleaners. The results are clear -- total levels of air pollution are six times higher in the classroom cleaned with conventional products. Green cleaning products create markedly safe and cleaner indoor air in the classroom -- while achieving the same level of cleanliness. (Learn more at www.ewg.org/schoolcleaningsupplies/)
I would like to learn what cleaners are used in our school, how often they are used, and for what purpose. If these products include certified green cleaners, then I commend you for safeguarding the health of the children under your care. If not, then I urge you to make the switch to certified green cleaners. Use of safer green cleaning products and practices results in cleaning performance equal to or better than that of conventional products and practices, and should not increase overall spending on school maintenance.
Thank you for your time. I look forward to working with you to to ensure that our schools are clean, safe, and healthy for students and staff alike.
A carpet cleaning solution that kills odors and removes stains is something that we have all searched for...
We have heard all of the suggestions from all of the sources: Infomercials, friends, and retailers. The truth is there is no perfect or best carpet cleaning solution for every situation. We have developed the best carpet cleaning solution for killing germs and eliminating odors. The reason we can't tackle stains in the same solution is that stains vary in their chemical make up.
DepHyze™ Carpet Cleaner provides 100 percent biological and chemical odor negation (i.e., true chemical neutralization instead of simply masking odors). A two-part liquid, it is extremely effective at neutralizing tough odors in carpet caused by mold, mildew and pets as well as smoke from fire, cigarettes and other tobacco products.
Rather than simply masking fire, cigarette, and other tobacco smoke odors for short periods of time, DepHyze™ Carpet Cleaner neutralizes odors immediately and permanently and can be used along with DepHyze™ Decon 3D aerosol (airborne odor removal) to leave your car and entire home (carpets, furniture, drapes, etc.) free of both unpleasant odors and harmful pollutants found in second-hand smoke. Even long-standing, embedded odors don’t stand a chance!
In a typical upright carpet cleaning machine, 12 ounces of DepHyze carpet cleaning mixture will clean approximately 1,000 sq. ft. of carpet. Actual coverage will vary depending on the soil load, type of carpet and the type of machine being used.
Best Carpet Cleaning Solutions For Stain Removal
Here are some tips for stain removal. The best method may be to try experimenting for a while. Do not try more radical methods first though. Your carpet is a big investment and to ruin it in an attempt to save a couple bucks would be a real shame.
Ammonia
Ammonia is the all purpose cleaner. You will probably find that no matter what you are cleaning someone somewhere will suggest ammonia. This isn’t bad advice really. Ammonia can be a great cleaner, as long as you use it sparingly and you take precautions. For instance, be sure to open all of the windows when you are cleaning. Also, be sure that your pets aren’t exposed to the solution. It could disrupt their…housetraining.
Baking Soda
Baking soda is probably your best bet. If you want to save money, save the environment and get rid of odors and stains, use baking soda when carpet cleaning. Sprinkle the baking soda on the carpet and mist the area with hot water. If it's a really tough stain or odor, apply a lot of baking soda and scrub with a stiff brush. Leave the baking soda on to soak and work it's magic, then vacuum it. Rinse the area with water and use the wet vacuum to drink up the water.
Elbow Grease
The problem that most people encounter when they have a carpet is that they only clean it once a year so they have no choice but to rent a carpet cleaner. However, a mixture of ammonia and water, with a little vinegar can make all the difference if you clean it once a month. Most of us have better things to do with out time, even doing this once a season will go a long way to keeping your carpet looking new.
Club Soda and Salt for Stain Removal
This is the tried and true, old wives tale carpet cleaning solution that has rendered the best result over the years. It is cheap and safe and it works. All you have to so crush some salt into the stain and add club soda. Come back in an hour and vacuum, then rinse and your stain will be gone!
Bonnet (Dry Cleaning)
Again, this is not dry cleaning in its most strict sense. Often this is a cleaning product that is mixed in with carbonated water (club soda does it again). This mixture is then deposited onto the carpet in the form of a light spray of a mist. After this a round buffer is then used to scrub the carpet in a rotating fashion. The cleaning mixture and the carbonation work in tandem to lift of particles.
The only real drawback to this method is that it often takes a long time to clean and that it usually only cleans the top one third of the carpet. This is perfect if the carpet has no sentimental value, and you are just looking for a quick cleaning solution. However, if you want to get down to those smells and deep down grime you are going to need to find another solution.
Clothing Detergent
One carpet cleaning solution, and this one is my favorite, is using simple laundry detergent. When you think about it, if it can get wine and bile out of a tuxedo, it can get spaghetti sauce out of your carpet. It also smells nice. Just watch out for static cling!
Water
Yeah sometimes water is all you need. Do not be surprised if all it takes to remove a stain is water. This of course depends on the stain. For instance you will never get grease or oil out of a carpet with water. If the offending stain is organic in nature, like say grass, water will get right to the satin and remove it.
Not all hand sanitizers are created equal. It's like most things in life, and there is no simple answer. Most Antibacterial hand sanitizers are marketed to the public as an effective way to "wash one's hands" when traditional soap and water are not available. Most manufacturers of hand sanitizers claim that the sanitizers kill 99.9 percent of germs. The assumption is that 99.9 percent of harmful germs are killed by the sanitizers which is the same percentage as soap and water so it is an effective substitute. This is not necessarily the case.
Interestingly enough, the Food and Drug Administration, in regards to regulations concerning proper procedures for food services, recommends that hand sanitizers not be used in place of soap and water but only as an added cleansing. To properly sanitize the hands, soap and water should be used. A hand sanitizer can not and should not take the place of proper cleansing procedures with soap and water.
The reason soap and water can not be replaced is because it removes the dirt and other large particles that hand sanitizer can not. The germs and bacteria on top of visible dirt would be killed but not the germs underneath.
Hand Sanitizer Does Work When Referring To Killing Germs!
Here are the important facts you need to remember when using hand santizers:
Not all hand sanitizers are created equal! Check the percentage of germs killed and amount of alcohol. We do not recommend using any alcohol-based sanitizers because of other dangers, but only ones with 60% alcohol or higher kill enough germs. With alcohol-free hand sanitizers, you need to check the kill rate. There are a wide variety ranging from 99% to 99.999% of germ killing power.
Be careful about re-contamination. Alcohol-based products and soap and water only protect you for a few seconds until they dry. So using hand sanitizer and the touching the door knob to leave the room will recontaminate your hands. Alcohol-free products can claim the work longer, but watch the kill rate again. Some claim as high as 6-8 hours but only kill 99% or less which is worse than soap and water.
Alcohol is dangerous. Alcohol-based products with at least 60% will kill germs, however you are putting 120 Proof alcohol in the hands of your children. It is flammable and will dry out your skin leading to cracking and other problems.
Ours happens to work up to 30 minutes, but if you can find one that works longer and has a higher kill rate then use that! Don't forget to let us know so we can buy theirs too and find out how they did it...
The ConsumerMan at MSNBC has a stinky laundry problem and we have the solution...
When you buy a new washing machine, you don’t expect it to stink up your house. But that seems to be a common problem for people who own high-efficiency front-loading washers.
Rae Lembersky of Seattle likes her front-loader. It saves water and electricity and gets the family’s clothes clean. But she hated the smell.
"Imagine that you're in one of those movies where there's a swamp monster and it's that kind of swampy, musty, sort of yucky smell."
Lembersky could see what was causing the stink. She found “black, gooey, slimy stuff” growing inside the rubber gasket which goes around the glass window on the washer door. That was quite a surprise because she regularly cleans the machine and runs loads with bleach and hot water.
“It just gives me the willies,” she says. “I don't like the thought of mold in my washer.”
Desperate for relief, she hired technician Scott Wiseman to remove and replace the disgusting rubber gasket. Once he took the washer apart, Wiseman found mold inside the machine, too. The job cost $300.
“It’s a very common problem,” Wiseman tells me. “I get calls about this all the time.”
In fact, there are over 200 comments on Herb Weisbaum's story on stinky laundry machines.
DepHyze™ Laundry Detergent is an extremely-safe, non-toxic and ultra-powerful chemical decontaminant, antimicrobial disinfectant, and moldicide available in a liquid formulation for disinfection, decontamination, demolding and mold prevention in industrial and consumer laundry machines. This means no stinky laundry room, machine or clothes!
Use 1 oz of each Part I and Part II (2 oz. total) for each load in a residential washing machine, each Pack contains enough detergent for 30-32 loads.
While we encourage you to use the laundry detergent with every wash cycle, it is not necessary. The detergent will build “zones of protection” on the textiles that inhibit the growth of micro-organisms that should last through 2-3 wash cycles of your regular detergent. Sports uniforms and other workout clothes that can trap odor causing bacteria from sweat, might need to be treated more often.
As a result of an unprecedented Log 5 efficacy (99.999 percent), medical, veterinary and laundry facilities no longer need to use less effective products that require hot water to kill germs and bacteria; instead, they can use DepHyze™ Laundry Detergent to wash hospital gowns, scrubs, sheets, uniforms, aprons, etc., without the assistance of heat and, thereby, reduce energy consumption and lower energy bills.
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Here at CLEANpHIRST, we don't just make things shiny... WE MAKE THEM CLEAN FIRST! Those of you interested in germ killing know that just because something looks clean, it doesn't mean that it is. We have a redefined the meaning of "clean" with new cleaning technology and germ killing products that obliterate up to 99.99999% of illness causing germs.
We have designed a cleaning system based on the recontamination cycle to continuously keep you protected from germs in your surroundings
CLEANpHIRST can train you or your custodial staff to eradicate highly contagious germs and viruses such as MRSA Staph, Norovirus, Influenza A, and H1N1 Swine Flu with unprecedented safety and unmatched results (99.99999%).
Using our 3-step cleaning process will safely leave a residual germ killing effect to reduce contamination and labor.
1. Use DepHyze Decon 3D, the world's safest and most powerful anti-microbial, disinfectant agent that eradicates microbes to Log 7 (99.99999%) efficacy by fogging common areas.
2.DepHyze Ultra Clean is used daily like a multi-purpose cleaner to disinfect and reduce recontamination and labor costs.
3. Our Alcohol-Free Hand Sanitizer is a powerful antiseptic and reduces your liability of the use of alcohol-based products, that are both flammable and could potentially be ingested by children (intentionally and unintentionally). It is also better for the skin and kills more germs than alcohol at 99.999%.
Fearing a H1N1 Swine Flu Vaccine, and Wanting More of It
By PERRI KLASS, M.D. Published: November 9, 2009
When I tell nonmedical friends that our clinic is vaccinating children against the H1N1 flu virus, here is what they say:
With about half, it is something like: “Oh, my God, our doctor doesn’t have it! Can you get me a dose?” And with the other half, it is something like, “Oh, my God, that brand-new vaccine — do you really think it’s safe?”
There is a peculiar duality in the collective cultural mind just now, a kind of pandemic doublethink. Other doctors I know are all eagerly having their own children immunized. Many are answering frantic calls from people desperate for the vaccine. But at the same time, we are all coming up against parents who are determined to refuse that same vaccine.
Serious cases of this flu are relatively rare but far from unheard of; more than 100 children have died of H1N1. The deaths seem to occur disproportionately in children and pregnant women.
So we give the H1N1 vaccine to children whose parents are almost tearfully afraid of the virus, and we try to win over those parents who are just as tearfully afraid of the vaccine. To them, we explain over and over that in fact this is not a brand-new vaccine — it is made with the same techniques as the seasonal influenza vaccine. Yes, it has been tested. Yes, it’s safe. Yes, it’s effective.
The divided public mood about H1N1 — fear of vaccine and fear that there won’t be enough of it — reminds Dr. Offit of a joke Woody Allen tells in “Annie Hall.” One woman complains that the food at a Catskills resort is terrible, and her friend agrees: “And such small portions!”
So yes, I’m scared. I worry about H1N1 when a young child with cough and fever shows up; I worry about not being able to pick out that healthy child who may go on to get very sick, very fast. That is your basic pediatric nightmare: How do we judge which children are likely to get better and which few may get much sicker, and even die? That is why I find myself trying to offer parents exactly what I want for my own children: vaccine, protection, immunity.
In the clinic, we advise parents to have their children immunized, especially those with asthma or other chronic problems. “People all over the city are begging for this vaccine,” I heard another doctor tell a mother. “We’re incredibly lucky that we have it.”
If you refuse the H1N1 Swine Flu vaccine, please use cleaning products and hand sanitizer that protect you against the spread of the virus. You can also decontaminate infected areas, rooms, schools and offices.
You may scrub your toilet and countertops until they shine, but these top 10 germ breeding grounds require just as much attention.
Germs (the catchall name for bacteria, viruses, and other microorganisms) are everywhere -- at home, in the office, even in your car. Luckily, about 99% of them can't harm us. But the other 1% can be annoying, uncomfortable, or downright scary: Most of these pathogens are either viral or bacterial and can cause everything from a runny nose to a potentially life-threatening infection.
You may think you know the obvious places that germs propagate -- the doctor's office, the soles of your shoes -- but many more germ-friendly locales are completely unexpected yet no less dangerous.
We uncovered a host of surprising new spots where germs like to lurk, and offer easy solutions to keep you and your family safe and healthy.
1. Kitchen Faucet
That metal aeration screen at the end of the faucet is a total germ magnet. Running water keeps the screen moist, an ideal condition for bacteria growth. Because tap water is far from sterile, if you accidentally touch the screen with dirty fingers or food, bacteria can grow on the faucet, explains microbiologist Kelly Reynolds, PhD, an associate professor of community environment and policy at the University of Arizona College of Public Health. Over time, bacteria build up and form a wall of pathogens called biofilm that sticks to the screen. "Eventually, that biofilm may even be big enough to break off and get onto your food or dishes," she notes.
Keep It Clean: Once a week, remove the screen and soak it in a decontamination solution or effective all purpose cleaner -- follow the directions on the label. Replace the screen, and let the water run a few minutes before using.
2. Garbage Disposal
Bacteria from last night’s dinner could end up on today’s food and utensils if you’re not careful. That raw chicken or spinach you're rinsing for dinner is often loaded with harmful bacteria, which can make the young, the elderly, or anyone with a compromised immune system seriously ill. In fact, there are often more than 500,000 bacteria in the kitchen sink--about 1,000 times more than the average toilet has. Although the metal part of the disposal produces ions that can help kill germs, they still love to grow on the crevices in and around the slimy rubber stopper. That means your disposal can become party central for bacteria, contaminating whatever touches it -- dishes, utensils, even your hands.
It serves to greet not only your guests but also all the bugs on the bottoms of their shoes. In fact, one study found that nearly 96% of shoe soles had traces of coliform, which includes fecal bacteria. "The area near your front door is one of the dirtiest in the house," says Reynolds. Once bacteria plant their stakes in your mat, anytime you walk on it, you give them a free ride into your home.
Keep It Clean: Spray the doormat once a week with a fabric-safe disinfectant. Leave shoes at the door, and avoid resting bags and groceries on the mat, too.
4. Vacuum Cleaner
It’s all in the bag—including spreadable germs. "Vacuums -- including the brushes and bags -- are like meals-on-wheels for bacteria," says Charles Gerba, PhD, professor of environmental biology at the University of Arizona "You suck in all this bacteria and food, creating an atmosphere for growth." A recent study by Gerba and his team found that 13% of all vacuum cleaner brushes tested positive for E. coli, which means you could spread it around the house each time you use the appliance.
Keep It Clean: Change your vacuum bag frequently, and do so outdoors to avoid the cloud of bacteria that filters into the air. Vacuum bags that feature antibacterial linings are best, and are available for many major brands. Clean the cavity of a bagless vacuum with a decontaminant and let it air-dry. Using an anti-microbial germ killing carpet cleaner will also kill the germs in the vacuum as well as the carpet or floor.
5. Dish Towel
You know a sponge can harbor nasty germs, but dish towels are just as dangerous. A recent study of hundreds of homes across the United States found that about 7% of kitchen towels were contaminated with MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus), the difficult-to-treat staph bacteria that can cause life-threatening skin infections. Dish towels also rated tops for dangerous strains of E. coli and other bacteria. We often use towels to wipe up spills, says Reynolds, then reuse before washing them, which spreads germs.
This is your vehicle's second-most-common spot for bacteria and mold. Here’s why: When air—which carries mold spores and bacteria—gets sucked in through the vents, it's often drawn to the dashboard, where it can deposit the spores and germs. Because the dashboard receives the most sun and tends to stay warm, it's prime for growth. (The number one germ zone? Food spills.)
Keep It Clean: Regularly swipe the inside of your car with disinfecting all purpose cleaner. Be more vigilant during allergy season - about 20 million Americans are affected by asthma, which is caused in part by an allergic reaction to mold. You can also fog your car with a chemical decontaminant once a quarter while running the Air Conditioner to disinfect the entire interior of the automobile.
7. Soap Dispensers
About 25% of public restroom dispensers are contaminated by fecal bacteria. Soap that harbors bacteria may sound ironic, but that’s exactly what a recent study found. "Most of these containers are never cleaned, so bacteria grows as the soap scum builds up," says Gerba. "And the bottoms are touched by dirty hands, so there's a continuous culture going on feeding millions of bacteria."
Keep It Clean: Be sure to scrub hands thoroughly for 15 to 20 seconds with plenty of hot water -- and use an alcohol-free foam hand sanitizer after you leave the room to disinfect.
8. Restaurant Ketchup Bottle
Those condiments on the tabletop are grimier than you think. It's the rare eatery that regularly bleaches down condiment containers. And the reality is that many people don't wash their hands before eating, says Reynolds. So while you may be diligent, the guy who poured the ketchup before you may not have been, which means his germs are now on your fries.
Keep It Clean: Squirt hand sanitizer on the outside of the bottle and your hands before you grab it. Holding the bottle with a napkin won't help--they're porous, so microorganisms can walk right through, says Reynolds. Our travel size alcohol-free hand sanitizer keeps killing germs for up to 30 minutes, so one application when you sit down should protect you throughout the meal.
9. Refrigerator Seal
Do you scrub the inside of your fridge? It’s not enough. A University of Arizona survey of 160 homes in three US cities found that the seal around the fridge tested positive 83% of the time for common molds. The mold can spread every time the refrigerator door opens -- exposing anyone who's susceptible to allergies and potentially contaminating the food.
Drop your cell any place that’s convenient when you get home? Read this first. Several studies on cell phones and PDA's found that they carry tons of bacteria, including staph (which can cause skin infections), pseudomonas (eye infections), and salmonella (stomach ailments). Many electronic devices are sheathed in leather or vinyl cases, which provide plenty of creases and crevices for germs to hide.
This year has caused many educational institutions to examine not only their cleaning products, but their cleaning methods and protocol. Trudi Romano, owner/operator of Apple Tree Academy Preschool in Wentzville, MO is one that researched what products to use. She chose Ultra Clean from CleanpHirst and our CleanpHirst hand sanitizer to protect her building, staff and most importantly, her students. After 2 1/2 months, she is convinced she made the right decision.
While many schools and preschools in the area have experienced absentee levels as high as 30%, Apple Tree has had less than 10% of it's students miss days due to unexpected illness. She attributes these results to the use of DepHyze Ultra Clean as well as CleanpHirsthand sanitizer, which is used by her teachers and when soap and water are not accessible, they are applying the non-toxic, alcohol free formula safely on the students.
Ultra Clean is used throughout the day to keep tables, common surfaces and even toys free from germs. Ultra Clean is also being used at the end of the day as a safer/less toxic alternative to bleach to thoroughly disinfect toys. The single step application is also faster and easier than the 3 step bleach process.
We also suggest using DepHyze 3D, monthly or quarterly, to protect your school, daycare or preschool. It's residual kill effect protects common area without the fear of damaging surfaces.
Since May 2009, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued warnings to more than 75 web sites to halt the sale of more than 135 products with false H1N1 flu virus claims. An October 19, 2009 letter was the first joint warning from the FDA and Federal Trade Commission to another site marketing supplements they claim would help prevent the spread of the H1N1 flu virus.
There are two antiviral drugs approved by the FDA for treatment and prophylaxis of the 2009 H1N1 flu virus: Tamiflu and Relenza. Consumers are warned to take extreme caution when buying online supplements, vaccines, drugs or other medical products for H1N1 flu that are not FDA approved.
In a news release, the FDA Commissioner of Food and Drugs, Margaret Hamburg, M.D., said, “Products that are offered for sale with claims to diagnose, prevent, mitigate, treat or cure the 2009 H1N1 influenza virus must be carefully evaluated. Unless these products are proven to be safe and effective for the claims that are made, it is not known whether they will prevent the transmission of the virus or offer effective remedies against infection.”
The FDA treats the sale and promotion of fraudulent H1N1 products as threats to public health and violations of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act. Responsible parties are being held accountable due to aggressive surveillance and prompt action, including injunctions, product seizures and criminal prosecution.
All CLEANpHIRST cleaning products use Dephyze™ technology. DepHyze™ is safe to use for the prevention of H1N1. In fact, it’s an FDA-approved and EPA-registered product that’s been proven safe and effective, biodegradable, non-corrosive and safe for people, plants and animals. Our cleaning product do not treat or cure H1N1, only help prevent the spread of the disease.
According to research performed by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, hand sanitizer is considered as effective at killing germs as washing your hands with soap and water, unless hands are visibly soiled. Clean hands are very important for stopping the spread of germs. Hand soap and cleansers need to not only wash away dirt and grime, but kill the germs and prevent them from spreading from one person to another.
Here’s ways on keeping your hands sanitized effectively:
When you have time, wet your hands with warm water and then lather up with soap.
Rub your hands together and scrub all the surfaces, including your palms, wrists, between your fingers, and under your nails. Rub and scrub for about 30 seconds.
Rinse and then dry your hands on a paper towel or clean cloth.
In public bathrooms, turn off the water using a paper towel to avoid getting germs on your clean hands.You can use the same towel to open the door. Door handles are great carriers of germs.
When you can’t wash your hands with soap and water, a good alternative is to use an alcohol-free hand-sanitizing foam. Alcohol-based gels will dry out your skin and lead to cracking and they are less effective than the non-alcoholic hand sanitizer.
It sounds almost too simple to be true. But, an important part of staying healthy this flu season is to wash and sanitize your hands. Try it! You won’t be sorry you did!
Alcohol-free hand sanitizers kill certain germs that are easily transmitted. Studies have shown that families who use hand sanitizer are 59% less likely to spread sickness to other members of their family who also use hand sanitizers than they are to spread it to people outside of the family who do not use hand sanitizer.
Keep a portable size hand sanitizer in your purse, diaper bag and car to make sure you have it whenever you may need it and soap and water is not available to use. How many times have you used a public restroom to find there is no soap to wash your hands with? One squirt of our hand sanitizer into the palm of your hand is enough to spread all over both hands to effectively kill 99.999% germs you may have on your hands. You do not need to rinse off the sanitizer- it dries quickly and as it does, gets rid of the germs. Our alcohol-free hand sanitizer also continues to work up to 30 minutes, compared to 4 or 5 minutes for alcohol based sanitizers.
As an added warning when purchasing hand sanitizers, it is important to check their alcohol concentration. Only alcohol-based sanitizers with a minimum of 60% ethyl alcohol, ethanol or isopropanol can effectively kill the most harmful bacteria. Also, these items should be kept away from children, since the high concentration of alcohol could result in alcohol poisoning if ingested. However, our alcohol-free hand sanitizers are strong enough for the military and safe enough for moms, but should still not be ingested. Finally, hand sanitizers are not cleaning agents. Therefore, when removing visible dirt, blood or other bodily fluids from your hands, you must wash your hands first with soap and water in order for the the sanitizer to be effective.
Dangers Of Alcohol-Based Hand Sanitizer Continue To Be Reported...
We are continually amazed at how many news stories are reported every day about the dangers of alcohol-based hand sanitizers without any mention of safe alternative, alcohol-free hand sanitizers.
FOX NEWS REPORTS: Relying too much on popular hand cleaners could do you more harm than good.
Yahoo! posted a video report from Steve Brown with Fox News. The video describes two dangers of the overuse of hand sanitizer but omits a third. Brown correctly points out that alcohol based hand sanitizers are dangerous in high levels to children and in 2006 alone, over 12,000 cases of alcohol poisoning were reported. He is also correct in reporting that alcohol based hand sanitizers are flammable and a quick search of the term hand sanitizer on youtube will show endless demonstrations of this potential danger.
However, Brown failed to give a full report of the dangers of overusing alcohol based hand sanitizers. Alcohol based hand sanitizers actually became less effective with repeated use and also make the skin dirtier, not cleaner due to removal of protective natural skin oils and entrapment of dead skin cells by the polymer thickeners used in the gelled alcohol products (AORN Journal, (68 August 1998), p. 239-251). In other words, while alcohol based hand sanitizers are effective in the early part of the day, the more you use them, the less effective and more dangerous they become.
Thankfully, there is now a safer and more effective alternative. CLEANpHIRST offers a non-alcohol, non-toxic hand sanitizer that is 1,000 times more effective and will improve it's effectiveness with each use throughout the day... without drying out your skin.
Here are our top 10 tips to boost your immunity, stay healthy, and prevent H1N1 Swine Flu this flu season.
1. Optimize your vitamin D level. Adequate levels of vitamin D are essential for our immune systems to function optimally. Unfortunately there are no significant dietary sources of vitamin D, most of our intake comes from exposure to sunlight. If you live far from the equator, you simply don’t get enough sun through Fall and Winter to make all the vitamin D you need. So unless you supplement during this period, your innate immunity will be compromised. vitamin D plays such a crucial role in so many aspects of your body’s functioning, that supplementing with it makes sense whether you decide to get the flu shot or not.
The current recommendations from the Food and Nutrition Board of the U.S. Institute of Medicine: from 200 to 600 IU/day depending on one’s age, are way too low. Although the current normal range is between 20 and 50ng/ml, this is much too low for optimal health. You want your level to be between 50 and 70ng/ml.
This is the most important step you can take to prevent the flu! It may require a number of months taking 5,000 to 10,000 IU of vitamin D3 daily (especially during winter) under a doctor’s supervision, to optimize your blood level. Monitor your 25 hydroxy vitamin D status every three months until you are in the optimal range, then cut back to a maintenance dose of at least 2,000 IU a day.
2. Get adequate sleep. This is an indispensable requirement for a strong immune system.
3. Get adequate exercise. This keeps you robust.
4. Take actions to lower your stress levels. Do breathing exercises, meditate, practice yoga, spend time doing something that makes you happy. Feeling spent, overwhelmed and or mentally run down has a causal relationship to your physical health.
5. Wash your hands frequently but not excessively. It decreases your likelihood of spreading a virus to your nose, mouth or other people. Be sure you don’t use antibacterial soap because of the risk of creating resistant bacteria. Rather use a simple alcohol-free hand sanitizer.
6. Watch what you eat. Avoid sugar and processed foods as they decrease your immune function dramatically. Eat phytonutrient rich meals (lots of colorful salads and dark greens). Eat lots of garlic, it works as a broad spectrum antibiotic.
Keep a supply of antiviral herbal supplements on hand. As opposed to antiviral drugs, antiviral herbs do not cause resistant strains because they are multifaceted and contain literally thousands of different medicinal compounds. Thus they are able to attack viruses with a full spectrum of synergistic substances. Andrographis, Olive leaf extract, Grapefruit seed extract and Elderberry extract all have antiviral properties. Use one or a combination of some of them as a prophylactic measure, for example, whenever you travel (airports) or enter a potentially compromised environment such as a large office, auditorium, stadium, theater etc.
7. Take a probiotic daily (look for one with 10-20 billion organisms). A strong immune system relies heavily on having a strong foundation in the gut.
8. Keep homeopathic Oscillococcinum on hand. Take it at the earliest sign of a cold or flu as early intervention is essential. If you are exposed to someone with the flu directly, you can take one dose twice a day for two days. You can also take one vial once a week throughout the winter, and two or three times a week during flu season, as a preventative measure.
9. Clean your home and office with an effective multi-purpose cleaner. There is is an entirely new class of extremely safe, non-toxic, ultra powerful antimicrobial disinfectants and chemical decontaminants that kills bacteria, viruses, spores, molds, and fungus with unprecedented efficacy (99.999%) of common household germs that cause colds, flu, and food poisoning, and other health risks. For a safe and truly clean home, use DepHyze™ Ultra Clean All Purpose Cleaner.
10. Decontaminate the air in infected locations, rooms, ducts, and more. DepHyze™ Decon 3D is the world's most advanced antimicrobial / decontaminant. Decon 3D eradicates bacteria, viruses, spores, molds and fungus to 99.99999% and neutralizes toxic chemicals immediately, while being totally biodegradable and safe enough for household use. DepHyze™ Decon 3D offers top-to-bottom disinfection, decontamination, de-molding and mold prevention of commercial buildings and homes in an easy to use two-part formula.
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.
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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.
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.
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.
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