Talley Group launches TECcare Protect hand sanitising foam
Posted: Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009
Recent research suggests that alcohol-based hand cleaners are no longer the most effective first line of defence in infection prevention. Alcohol-based hand gels have several significant drawbacks, causing skin irritation, drying or cracking which can make skin more susceptible to infection of transient disease causing bacteria, and the loss of effectiveness as soon as it evaporates and dry’s, which is almost immediately.
With current testing protocols only available for the floral or vegetative form of C.difficile for hand sanitising products C.difficile spore claims made by hand sanitising products should be challenged and treated with caution. Until recognised testing is available to prove that a hand sanitizer has a sporicidal action it is generally agreed the most effective way of dealing with hands potentially colonised with C.difficile spores is the physical removal through thorough hand washing with soap and water.
TECcare Protect, unlike alcohol based hand gels and many other commercial available products does not contain chemicals that cause skin irritation, drying or cracking. TECcare Protect kills 99.9999% of common microbes within 15 seconds and is effective against bacteria such as E. coli, Salmonella, MRSA and destroys viruses including H1N1 Swine Flu. TECcare Protect continues to be effective on hands for up to 4 hours after use.
Bactericidal
- Campylobacter jejuni (ATCC 29428)
- Candida albicans (ATCC 10231)
- Clostridium difficile [vegetative] (ATCC 9689)
- Enterococcus faecalis
- Vancomycin Resistant (VRE) ATCC 51575
- Escherichia coli (ATCC 11229)
- Escherichia coli 0157:H7 (ATCC 35150)
- Klebsiella pneumoniae (ATCC 4352)
- Listeria monocytogenes (ATCC 19117)
- Pseudomonas aeruginosa (ATCC 15442)
- Salmonella choleraesuis serotype enteritidis (ATCC 4931)
- Salmonella choleraesuis serotype paratyphi (ATCC 8759)
- Salmonella choleraesuis serotype pullorum (ATCC 19945)
- Salmonella choleraesuis serotype typhimurium (ATCC 23564)
- Salmonella typhi (ATCC 6539)
- Shigella dysenteriae (ATCC 13313)
- Shigella flexneri (ATCC 12022)
- Shigella sonnei (ATCC 25931)
- Staphylococcus aureus (ATCC 6538)
- Staphylococcus aureus
- Methicillin Resistant [MRSA] (ATCC 33592)
- Staphylococcus aureus
- Community Associated Methicillin Resistant [MRSA]
- NARSA NRS 123, Genotype USA400
- Staphylococcus epidermidis (ATCC 12228)
- Streptococcus pneumonia (ATCC 6305)
- Streptococcus pyogenes (ATCC 19615)
- Vibrio cholera (ATCC 11623)
- Xanthomonas axonopodis [Citrus Canker] (ATCC49118)
- Yersinia enterocolitica (ATCC 23715)
Viricidal
- Avian influenza A (H3N2)
- Avian influenza A (H5N1)
- Swine flu (H1N1)
- HIV-1 (AIDS virus)
- Human Coronavirus (Common Cold)
- Influenza A/PR Virus
- Noro Virus
Talley Group Ltd Director Kevin Mearns commented
This is an exciting development as TECcare Protect becomes the first truly soap free product for decontaminating hands that is safe, highly effective against a broad spectrum of microbes and continues to work on skin for a prolonged period of time after use