Germgard Lighting Demonstrates the World's Most Effective Hand Sterilizer to Protect Against Contagion
DOVER, N.J., Sept. 12, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Germgard Lighting has developed and tested a small UVC dispenser, specifically designed for instantly and safely sterilizing bare and gloved hands. It achieves -6log10 inactivation in less than 3 seconds of all relevant pathogens, including antibiotic resistant bacteria such as MRSA, tough-to-kill Clostridium difficile spores, and infectious virus.
In contrast, the current hand hygiene approaches, hand washing and use of alcohol hand rubs, for bare hands, have limited ability to sanitize and fall short of the nominal sanitation goal of -4log10 (99.99%) inactivation. Alcohol rub has limited efficacy against some viruses, and is totally ineffective on Clostridium difficile spores. Since C. diff is a major killer, alcohol rub offers a false promise of protection against infection.
Alcohol rub sanitation requires 30 seconds and hand washing requires at least one minute. Both approaches irritate the hands, especially those of healthcare workers who are in constant contact with patients and need to sanitize their hands frequently. As a result, both techniques limit the compliance rate for hand hygiene in hospitals and food service to well under 100%. Substantial efforts to increase the compliance rate in hospitals have so far had limited effectiveness. As a result, global hospital infection rates continue to rise essentially unchecked.
Not surprisingly, with such ineffective solutions, and low compliance, progress in hospital infection rate reduction has been minimal. Accordingly, infections continue to impose enormous financial, legal, and staff burdens on hospitals, emergency personnel responding to disasters, the US Army Medical command, school nurses, and clinical care facilities. Tragedy for patients, their families, co-workers, and their friends is an additional burden.
The needed improvement demands new technologies and approaches that go well beyond simply focusing on increased use of current solutions between patient visits. Dr. Eugene I. Gordon, Germgard's CEO, says, "Our breakthrough, patent-pending, UVC technology represents an extraordinary, unique, and effective solution to the critical infection prevention need: fast and effective bare or gloved hand sterilization in surgery, in ICUs, and in patient rooms, as well as restaurants, schools, and R and D laboratories."
Contagion must be contained. Implementation of this game-changing UVC solution will assist the WHO and CDC in accomplishing their respective missions to protect the public. In particular, 2-3 second hand sterilization at bedside with an unlimited number of uses daily in terms of time required and lack of bare hand skin irritation are totally consistent with the WHO Special Moment strategy. The WHO strategy bypasses all of the current limitations of hospital infection control. It can also be used by visitors.
Media Contact: Peter Gordon; Germgard Lighting LLC; 973 607 1538; [email protected]; http://www.germgardlighting.com
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