Combining bactericidal and virucidal wipe with sporicidal foam to combat Clostridium difficile and Bacillus spores
Tristel has launched an addition to its range of sporicidal products.
The Tristel Duo system, which uses the company's patented chlorine dioxide chemistry, is said to be the first rapid action sporicidal cleaner for general hospital surfaces and non-invasive medical devices.
Effective, convenient and easy to use, Duo is designed to provide a readily available means of rapid decontamination and is active against organisms including MRSA, Clostridium difficile, Bacillus subtilis, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Acinetobacter baumaii, and Norovirus.
It has applications in diverse areas including work surfaces, dressing trolleys, beds and mattress covers, instrument tables, monitor cases, control panels and keyboards.
The time required to kill all the organisms that Tristel Duo comes into contact with is just 30 seconds, the company says.
Tristel Duo is a two part system.
It comprises the Duo bactericidal and virucidal wipe, which can be boosted by the application of the Tristel Duo sporicidal foam.
This delivers chlorine dioxide directly to the surface, as and when required.
The Duo wipe is impregnated with a formulation that has a highly effective cleansing action.
Used alone on surfaces it is rapidly bactericidal, fungicidal and virucidal, and should be employed regularly throughout the day.
The Duo foam is used at the beginning and end of any session, and additionally can be used in the event of an outbreak or at a frequency directed by local infection control teams.
For full effectiveness, chlorine dioxide must be generated immediately before use from two chemical components.
Tristel has achieved this using the Duo foamer, a novel two-compartment dispenser.
Base and activator solutions are held in separate compartments of the Duo foamer and are mixed only when the pump is depressed.
Two jets of foam are dispensed to the surface where they are mixed and dispersed with the Duo wipe.
The Tristel Duo system is supplied with wipes and foamer sufficient for 70 applications.
