| CFCN and AVT Announce Survey Results |
| EVERETT, WA - The Chemical Free Cleaning Network and Advanced Vapor Technologies announced the results of the June 2012 “Green Disinfection Survey.” The survey is based on 70 respondents as well as the winner of the drawing for a $25 Amazon gift card and a copy of IEHA’s Infection Prevention For Dummies book. The survey consisted of four questions, resulting in the following top answers to each question. 1. Name the three greenest ways to quickly destroy germs on environmental surfaces … Top Answers in descending order (since more than one answer was permitted, percentages total more than 100%): a) Dry Steam Vapor - 91.4% b) Hydrogen Peroxide - 68.6% c) UV-C - 48.6% 2. Name the three most challenging microbes you will need to deal with when disinfecting (pick any three) Top Answers in descending order (since more than one answer was permitted, percentages total more than 100%): a) C. difficile - 74.3% b) MRSA - 58.6% c) Norovirus - 58.6% 3. Dwell time is best described as… Top Answer: How long germs must be exposed to the germicidal agent for it to kill them (to the extent described on the product label) – 100% 4. Study says: The product requiring the shortest dwell time for maximum disinfection of environmental surfaces is (pick one)… Top Answers in descending order: a) Dry steam vapor with nanocrystal water treatment module - 79.7% b) Bleach - 11.6% c) Quats - 8.7% The winner of the random drawing for a $25 Amazon gift card and a copy of IEHA’s Infection Prevention For Dummies book was Willa van Schalkwyk, Director of Housekeeping, Four Seasons Hotel Boston. |