BioSpray D2™ For Health Care Surfaces

MICROORGANISMS SUSCEPTIBILITY OF CHEMICAL DISINFECTANTS

REFERENCE GUIDE TO DISINFECTANTS*

Generally speaking, disinfectants can be placed into categories based on the specific active ingredient (the chemical or combination of chemicals in the product that actually kill the target microorganisms) they contain.

All disinfectants have varying degrees of efficacy and speed of kill, and may also carry drawbacks ranging from the need to mix or a mild odor to staining, extreme toxicity, or loss of efficacy under imperfect conditions. Following is a summary of the most common categories of commercial disinfectants:

Glutaraldehyde-Based Products are generally cheap and are not known to stain or corrode surfaces that they are applied to. Their disadvantages lie in their need to be mixed, the foul odor they produce, their toxicity, and their need for contact times up to 20 minutes. These products are more specifically meant to be used as cold sterilants, not as hard-surface disinfectants.

Phenol-Based Products generally don't have much of an odor and do not stain or corrode the surfaces that they are applied to, and have the increased benefit of low price when concentrated formulas are purchased. Where these products lose points is in the fact that they are not very fast-acting (typically 10 minutes), a residue will eventually build-up on the surfaces, and they are found to be extremely toxic, often causing sinus and respiratory problems, as well as headaches and nausea due to overexposure and lack of proper ventilation.

Iodophore-Based Products are generally low odor, non-corrosive, and inexpensive, but they lack speed of kill and their dilution and contact times are far too critical for their efficacy to be consistent and practical in most settings.

Bleach-Based Products are well-known for their killing power, speed, and safety, but they tend to be extremely corrosive and damaging to surfaces and usually contain a heavy odor. They are not typically recommended for use on most surfaces.

Quaternary Amonium-Based Products are the commonly used type of hard-surface disinfect and they have been found to be very effective and safe. However, quat drawbacks include the speed of kill (also typically 10 minutes), the potential for staining and residue to be left behind, depending on the amount of quat found in the particular product's formulation. The higher the level of quat, the more it will lead to staining.

Alcohol/Quat-Based Products are becoming widely accepted to be the safest and fastest disinfectant products on the market today. They also kill a wide range of pathogens and don't typically contain any staining or corrosive characteristics. They are fairly cheap, especially for a ready-to-use product, and don't present any serious health hazards. They do tend to contain an odor although it usually dissipates rather quickly.

DIRECTIONS FOR USE

DISINFECTION
For disinfection of inanimate, precleaned, hard, non-porous surfaces such as chairs, countertops, drawer pulls, carts, baskets, tables, cabinets, telephones, plastic surfaces, glazed ceramic, glazed porcelain, chrome, stainless steel, aluminum, laminated surfaces and other related hard surfaces in hospitals, operating rooms, medical clinics, nursing homes, laboratories, schools, day care centers, funeral homes.

TO DISINFECT: Completely preclean surfaces to be disinfected. This product may be used for this purpose. Then apply with a sponge, cloth, or mechanical sprayer, or by total immersion. When applied with a mechanical spray, spray should be coarse. Surfaces must be sprayed until thoroughly wetted. Treated surfaces must remain wet for 5 minutes. This product is an effective disinfectant according to the AOAC Use Dilution Test method on hard inanimate surfaces against: Staphylococcus aureus MRSA (ATCC 33591), Staphylococcus aureus (ATCC 6538), Enterococcus faecium VREEscherichia coli (ATCC 51559), O157:H7 (ATCC 43895), Pseudomonas aeruginosa (ATCC 15442), Listeria monocytogenes (ATCC 19111), and Salmonella choleraesuis (ATCC 10708).

This product is also effective against Norwalk Virus.

TUBERCULOCIDAL ACTIVITY - This product exhibits disinfectant efficacy against Mycobacterium bovis (BCG) in 5 minutes at 20º C when used as directed on previously cleaned hard nonporous inanimate surfaces. *KILLS HIV-1 AND HBV ON PRE-CLEANED ENVIRONMENTAL SURFACES/OBJECTS PREVIOUSLY SOILED WITH BLOOD/BODY FLUIDS in health care settings (e.g. hospitals, nursing homes) or other settings in which there is an expected likelihood of soiling of inanimate surfaces/objects with blood or body fluids and in which the surfaces/objects likely to be soiled with blood or body fluids can be associated with the potential for transmission of human immunodeficiency virus Type 1 (HIV-1) (associated with AIDS) or Hepatitis B Virus (HBV).

SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR CLEANING AND DECONTAMINATION AGAINST HIV-1 (AIDS VIRUS) AND HBV ON SURFACES OR OBJECTS SOILED WITH BLOOD OR BODY FLUIDS

Personal Protection: Wear disposable latex gloves, protective gown, face mask and eye covering, as appropriate, when handling items soiled with blood or body fluids.

Cleaning Procedure: Blood and other body fluids must be thoroughly cleaned from surfaces and objects before application of this disinfectant.

Contact Time: Leave surfaces wet for five minutes. (For other organisms identified above allow surface to remain wet for 5 minutes).

Disposal of Infectious Materials: Blood and other body fluids should be autoclaved and disposed of according to federal, state and local regulations for infectious waste disposal.