PLEASANTON, Calif.,
June 13, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Today,
at the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and
Epidemiology (APIC) 2017 annual conference, Clorox Healthcare is
proud to announce important enhancements to two of its leading
healthcare disinfectants. Reformulated Clorox
Healthcare® Hydrogen Peroxide Cleaner Disinfectants
and Clorox Healthcare® Bleach Germicidal Wipes continue
to offer the same powerful disinfection efficacy that hospitals
trust, now with improved surface compatibility and visibly less
residue.
"At Clorox Healthcare we are constantly innovating, continuously
working to improve our industry-leading product portfolio to meet
the evolving needs of the healthcare environment. We are committed
to providing the efficacy, compatibility and aesthetics that
healthcare facilities need to provide optimal patient care," says
Laurie Rabens, Senior Product
Manager – Marketing, Clorox Healthcare. "For years Clorox
Healthcare has led the field with disinfectants that healthcare
facilities trust for their broad efficacy, fast kill times and ease
of use. Now we've optimized those products for an even better user
and patient experience."
Innovative features of reformulated Clorox
Healthcare® Hydrogen Peroxide Cleaner Disinfectants
and Clorox Healthcare® Bleach Germicidal Wipes
include:
- Clorox Healthcare® Hydrogen Peroxide Cleaner
Disinfectants: Clorox Healthcare®
Hydrogen Peroxide Cleaner Disinfectant Wipes and Sprays offer
the fastest non-bleach disinfecting times available for over 40
microorganisms and are noncorrosive to hard and soft surfaces
commonly found in healthcare facilities. They are formulated for
superior patient and staff comfort with no harsh chemical fumes or
odors.
- Clorox Healthcare® Bleach Germicidal Wipes:
Clorox Healthcare® Bleach Germicidal Wipes, which kill
58 microorganisms, including Clostridium difficile (C.
difficile) spores, in three minutes or less, have been
optimized for extended usage in healthcare facilities with improved
surface compatibility and less residue compared with competitor
bleach disinfectant wipes.
These product enhancements build on a legacy of innovation in
ready-to-use cleaner-disinfectants engineered to eliminate the need
for tradeoffs between efficacy and surface compatibility. Clorox
Healthcare® Hydrogen Peroxide Cleaner Disinfectants
and Clorox Healthcare® Bleach Germicidal Wipes join
products like Clorox Healthcare® Fuzion™
Cleaner Disinfectant, a new type of bleach that combines
disinfecting efficacy against tough-to-kill pathogens like C.
difficile spores with broad surface compatibility, in a class
of ready-to-use disinfectants that are tough on pathogens, yet easy
on surfaces with the aesthetics required for broad use
facility-wide.
Forging New Partnerships to Enable Effective,
Compliance-driven Solutions Facility-Wide
Clorox Healthcare offers the most robust portfolio of
EPA-registered surface cleaner-disinfectants, in addition to UV
technology, to provide healthcare facilities with a comprehensive
approach to environmental hygiene for HAI prevention. Long trusted
as a leader in disinfectant efficacy, Clorox Healthcare also
understands the challenges facilities face in balancing the need to
prevent infections and protect surfaces and costly equipment from
damage. Today, we are pleased to offer Clorox Healthcare
Compatible™, a resource that helps healthcare facilities
identify cleaning and disinfecting solutions that are compatible
with the surfaces most commonly found in healthcare settings and
helps manufacturers ensure that their products align with essential
infection prevention protocols.
Through the Clorox Healthcare Compatible™ program,
Clorox Healthcare works with medical equipment manufacturers to
provide complementary screening of a broad platform of chemistries,
surface compatibility expertise and access to a third-party lab for
testing to help ensure healthcare facilities can feel confident the
disinfecting products they use to reduce the risk of HAIs won't
damage surfaces and equipment, and equipment manufacturers can
provide the best instructions for the maintenance, cleaning and
care of their products.
Kwalu, a leading provider of healthcare furniture and recent
recipient of the "Best Overall Design Strategy in Healthcare Award"
has for years partnered with Clorox Healthcare to ensure its line
of furniture aligns with infection prevention protocols. "Surfaces
designed for use in healthcare environments need to be able to
stand up to the rigorous cleaning and disinfecting protocols that
facilities rely on to help keep patients, staff and visitors safe,"
said Sylvia Nash, Vice President –
Healthcare, Kwalu.
"Cleanability and durability are non-negotiable, so we welcomed
the opportunity to participate in the Clorox Healthcare
Compatible™ program and are proud to offer stylish,
functional healthcare furniture that is compatible with all of the
Clorox Healthcare® disinfectant chemistries."
Clorox Healthcare also works with Eastman, a global advanced
materials company, to provide education and promote awareness of
best practices for evaluating equipment performance when exposed to
disinfectants. Eastman's four-step testing protocol for plastics
enables equipment manufacturers and healthcare facilities to
reliability assess the integrity of a device or surface after
repeated cleaning and disinfection.
"Eastman and Clorox Healthcare both recognize the importance of
addressing compatibility from multiple angles. We strive to develop
quality products, but also realize that there is a need for
standard test methods and education to achieve optimal results,"
said Ellen Turner, Global Market
Development Manager, Eastman.
To see our new products and learn more about the Clorox
Healthcare Compatible™ program, attendees at this year's
APIC annual conference can visit the Clorox Healthcare booth
(#1027) in the exhibit hall.
About Clorox Healthcare
Building on a century-long
legacy in cleaning and disinfecting, Clorox Healthcare offers
a wide range of products to help stop the spread of infection in
healthcare facilities. From comprehensive surface disinfection,
including advanced ultraviolet technology, to skin antisepsis, we
are committed to providing efficacious solutions to the healthcare
community. For more information,
visit www.CloroxHealthcare.com or follow @CloroxHealth on
Twitter.
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