Cleanitise tested for MRSA Infection Control
Consultant microbiologist, D C Watson BSc, CBiol, MIBiol, MIFST, ACIEHO, ARSM of Abbott Analytical – the Consulting Scientists to the Disinfectant Industry, has recently conducted tests with Cleanitise, the All Purpose Surface Cleaner, Sanitiser and Degreaser, for antimicrobial efficacy against Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). After testing for MRSA infection control he said:
Cleanitise All Purpose Surface Cleaner, Sanitiser and Degreaser has been tested for antimicrobial efficacy against C (MRSA) using standard EU protocols in this laboratory. It has been found to be extremely effective when diluted to 10% volume in hard water giving a total kill after five minutes, with an initial inoculum of greater than 100 million (108) bacteria per millilitre of test suspension.
Because MRSA is a particularly difficult organism to kill with standard sanitisers it’s success as a persistent pathogen in the hospital environment is largely due to ineffective cleaning and lack of residual activity on surfaces and it’s removal requires aggressive action by these chemicals. The organism is spread not only from human to human but also to all surfaces touched by contaminated hands. Cleanitise not only has this aggressive activity on MRSA but has also been shown to have a residual effect on surfaces for several hours after application and this will help to reduce the colonisation of MRSA on surfaces and hence the spread of the organism in the hospital environment.
After the tests for MRSA infection control were completed and the positive results confirmed, it was recommended that a back-up of an EN13697 surface test using MRSA to support these finding should be conducted. These tests have now been commissioned and we are awaiting the results. It is anticipated that these test results will confirm that Cleanitise is the ideal hospital cleaning product for regular cleaning of wards, equipment etc in order to reduce the spread of MRSA and infection control.
View pdf of the Abbott Analytical, Cleanitise MRSA Infection Control results