Norovirus, MRSA infection control kits help JohnsonDiversey distributors help their customers battle fast-spreading germs
Effective surface disinfection is a critical component in deterring the spread of deadly pathogens in hospitals, schools and institutional facilities. JohnsonDiversey's industry-leading expertise and products are helping our customers protect lives.
We consult with our customers to provide the best combination of cleaners, disinfectants, tools and processes for effective cleaning and disinfection with minimal odors andenvironmental effects.
In 2008, we introduced a comprehensive norovirus infection control kit, designed to help our distributor partners help their customers battle these fast-spreading germs. Noroviruses cause acute gastroenteritis, are highly contagious, and can be spread through contact with contaminated surfaces.
Our norovirus kit educated our distributor partners and customers on how to avoid norovirus infections, and how to reduce their spread if an outbreak does occur. It included a training CD, fact sheets and a guide to selecting appropriate products to combat the viruses.
JohnsonDiversey offers six products registered with the U.S. EPA to help control noroviruses. Those products include our patented Oxivir® Tb and Carpe DiemTM/MC Tb one-step cleaner-disinfectants. These cleaner-disinfectants are formulated with proprietary accelerated hydrogen peroxide (AHP) technology to deliver fast, effective cleaning and a 60-second contact time for disinfection. Many products must remain on a surface up to 10 minutes to disinfect. Our AHP products have an excellent environmental profile, since the active ingredient, hydrogen peroxide, biodegrades into oxygen and water. Our AHP products are ideal for use in restaurants, hospitals, nursing homes, schools, child care facilities and cruise ships where norovirus outbreaks are most common.
The norovirus kit was built on our customers' positive response to a similar project we launched in response to U.S. outbreaks of antibiotic-resistant infections.
As schools scrambled to ensure their cleaning programs provided adequate disinfection to combat the potentially deadly pathogen methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), JohnsonDiversey provided our customers and their customers with peace of mind from using highly effective products.
"School officials and parents were very concerned about the health and well-being of the students in the schools, and our phones started ringing off the hook. School custodians were desperate for a product that was effective against MRSA," said Monica Mattimore of TriState Supply, a janitorial and building maintenance supplier whose customers include schools in New York City. "JohnsonDiversey's products really blew away the competition. We've been dealing with JohnsonDiversey for so long and the JohnsonDiversey name is really synonymous with a high quality and a high standard of product...and when you're talking about public health, you don't want to mess around."