Applications

Water quality in hospitals and healthcare centres is of major importance in protecting patients, staff and visitors from hospital acquired infection.

Water is an ideal medium for propagating and carrying pathogens and causing infection when contact is made. However, water can also be used as an effective carrier for disinfection agents which enhances infection control and minimises the risk of nosocomial infection.

Infection Control Committees in all hospitals are aware of the International Standards for water quality in clinical environments – maximum 100 CFU/ml with zero Legionella. They are also aware of the increasing resistance of various pathogens to traditional chemical disinfectants and the need for new approach to disinfectant strategies which kill all harmful microbes but are totally safe for use for staff, patients and the environment.

The ECA biocide anolyte will destroy all forms of micro-organisms – even those that are normally extremely difficult to kill and have high levels of resistance to chemical attack – such as pathogenic bacteria including methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MSRA) and Clostridium difficile (C.Diff), cysts such as Cryptosporidium and Giardia , protozoa, spoors such as anthrax and Legionella, viruses such as avian flu, fungi and algae.

The beneficial properties of ECA anolyte include:

• pH neutral
• Non-hazardous, non-toxic, non-irritant, non-odorous, non-corrosive
• No by-products such as trichloromethanes, trihalomethanes and bromates
• Completely safe for human contact – mimics immune systems natural defenses to kill infectious pathogens
• Destroys biofilm – the environment on the internal surfaces of water pipes in which micro-organisms propagate
• Relaxes after time to original constituents of dilute brine solution
• No microbial resistance or mutation
• Effective at very low concentrations
• Generated on site from minimal natural sustainable inputs
• Multi-use applications – water treatment, surface cleaning, specialist cleaning, wound care

ECA generated biocide is used throughout hospitals and healthcare centres for the following applications:

• Water treatment throughout the facilities to eliminate water-borne microbial contamination
• General surface disinfection for all hard and soft materials
• Laundry washing to disinfect all soft washed materials
• Operating theatre sterilisation through misting application
• Hospital dental clinics and specialised treatment centres
• Deep cleaning regimes