Transcript SparGuard

SparGuard For Healthcare
An Essential Layer of Protection
From
Hospital Acquired Infections
Pollen
Bio-Terrorism
Jan 13, 2013
Innovation Goals
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Readiness – illness reduced readiness levels
up.
Per capita cost - this system will pay for itself
in labor and materials savings
Population Health - Provides the ability to take
military facilities and have the hygiene levels
at near clean room standards
Experience of Care – genius technology that
can be used by everyone.
Purpose:
 To describe how SparGuard and Filter Technologies
products can add additional protection capability.
 To determine if there is a good fit between your needs
and our offerings and if we should move forward.
Agenda:
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Introductions
Product Overview
Proposed Solutions/ Business Opportunities
Questions/Comments
Next Steps
The Antimicrobial Technology Choice
SparGuard protects virtually all solid surfaces and fabrics
from a broad array of disease and odor causing
microorganisms, including all forms of MRSA.
On application, SparGuard reduces existing microbe
populations by up to 99.99% on contact, and continues to
inhibit their return for 30 days to permanently depending on
the application process.
Why Use SparGuard
Safe and effective
 Works on virtually all surfaces and fabrics
 Keeps laundry from spreading microorganisms
 Neutralizes and prevents offensive odors
 Stops mold and mildew
EPA Registered
 Cost savings
 Long lasting
 Ease of application
 Multiple application methods
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Patented
Super-bugs are on the rise
 Infection is the #1 cause of death worldwide and the #3
cause of death in USA.
 “Super bug” mutations caused by sterilants, chemicals
 25 years ago 80% of infection was controlled by
antibiotics. Today, less than 50% of infections are
deemed controllable.
 Health problems caused by the growth of bacteria,
fungi, algae, mold, and mildew in living and work areas
are ever increasing.
 Mold is more lethal than asbestos and more prevalent
SparGuard - A Micro Biostatic Surface Protectant
 Microbes land on the surface protectant.
 Microbes’ membranes are ruptured by the surface protectant
and die
 Surface remains ready for next microbe.
How it Works
Electron Microscope View
 What makes SparGuard different?
 Not a leaching poison, does not use depleting heavy metals
 Continues to protect in-between cleanings.
 Both colorless and odorless.
 Water-based, easy to handle and low risk for workers to use.
Partial Microbial Control List
Fungi
Algae
Bacteria (gram negative)
Aspergillus flarres
Asperg illus flavus
Aspergillus niger
Asperg illus sydowl
Asperg illus terreus
Aspergillus versicolor
Aureobasidium pullulans
Chaetomium globosum
Cephaldascus fragans
Gloeophyllum trabeum
Penicillium ch rysogenum
Penicillium funiculosum
Penicillium pinophilum
Penicillium variabile
Poria placenta
Pullularia pullulans
Trichoderm sp. madison P-42
Trichoderma vi ride
Trichophyton interdigital
Trichophyton mentagrophytes
Anabaena cylindrica
C hlo rop hyta (green) p rotococcus
Chlorophyta (green) selenastrum
gracile
Chlorophyta (green) sp.
Chlorophyta (yellow-green) sp.
Chrysophyta (brown)
Cyanophyta (blue-green) anabaena
Cyanophyta (blue-green) oscillatoria
Cyanophyta (blue-green) sp.
Gonium sp. (strain LB 9c)
Pleuroccus sp. (strain LB 11)
Selenastrum gracile
Aerobacter aerogenes
Aeromonas hydrophila
Citrobacter deversus
Citrobacter freundii
Enterobacter aglomerans
En terobacte r cloacae
Escherichia coli
Klebsiel la oxytoca
Klebsiella pneumoniae
Morganella morganii
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Proteus mirabilis
Proteus vulgaris
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Pseudomonas fluorescens
Pseudomonas putida
Salmonella chloeraesius
Salmonella cholera suis
Salmonella typhi
Salmonella typhimurium
Salmonella typhosa
Serratia liquifaciens
Serratia marcescens
T reponema hyodysen teriae
Xanthomonas campestrisa
Yeast
Candida al bicans
Candida pseudotropicalls
Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Bacteria (gram positive)
Bacillus sp. (vegetative cell)
Bacillus subtilis
Enterococcus sp.
Micrococcus lutea
Micrococcus sp.
Staphylococcus aureus
Staphylococcus epidermidis
St reptococcus faecalis
Streptococcus mutans
Streptococcus pyogenes
nclnerwDacrer calcwacencus
SparGuard Usage
 Spray it on or wash it in.
 Becomes active within 3 minutes of application and
starts to work as soon as microorganisms come into
contact with the treated surface.
 It then works continuously to maintain a consistently
lower bio-burden than would be expected on a
surface without SparGuard protection.
 Normal cleaning of the treated surfaces is
necessary in order for SparGuard’s antimicrobial
spikes to continue their effectiveness.
 Dirt build-up, paint, dead microbes, etc. can cover
the treatment prohibiting it from killing
microorganisms.
SparGuard Laundry Treatment
SparGuard and Fabric Softener Combined
 An independent long term hospital study showed that SparGuard
reduced microbe counts in many cases by over 99% on fabrics
and other surfaces (Study is available upon request.)
 SparGuard has been shown to very significantly reduce the staph
counts and subsequent staph infections on oil rigs.
 SparGuard treatment increases the longevity of fabrics, as
recognized by the EPA, as it “Inhibits deterioration caused by
bacteria.”
 This deterioration causes wear on fabrics as well as mold and
mildew.
 Extended durability tests are now being conducted.
SparGuard Laundry Treatment
Use with fabric softener dispenser
 Items normally laundered
 Fabrics that can’t be “tracked” or have high turnover
 Use every wash -Add 1% of the weight of the fabric being washed.
 Use in every wash and SparGuard protection increases, as shown
in a study (Study is available upon request.)
 Only $0.02 -$.03 per pound
 Item not regularly laundered and/or can’t be laundered
 Curtains, room dividers, and upholstered furniture.
 Fabrics that can be tracked such as an individual uniforms
 One Time Usage - Add 5% of the weight of the fabric being
washed.
 It’s 5% active ingredient used one-time gives antimicrobial
protection for the useful life of the fabric.
 Only $0.10 -$0.15 per pound
Case Study - Privacy Curtains
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From CBS News – Link available upon request
 Scientists swabbed 43 hospital curtains twice a week for three
weeks. They analyzed 180 samples, and found germs on 119.
 Twenty-six percent of curtains tested positive for the potentially
deadly antibiotic-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteria
known as MRSA, and 44 percent tested positive for a form of
Enterococcus bacteria - some of which were antibiotic
resistant.
 Researchers also placed 13 new curtains in a hospital for the
study. Within a week, 12 were contaminated.
SparGuard Hospital Study Microbial Counts:
 Baseline - 2/25/10
3100
 Follow-Up 3/21/10
>10
 Follow-Up 3/30/10
10
 Through June 2010
>10
Containment Filter
The Problem – Keeping the pathogen with the patient:
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Nosocomial transmission usually occurs through direct contact
in the same air space or by indirect contact through
suspended pathogens that have been mixed by the HVAC
system and spread to other areas in the facility, served by the
same air handler.
Until now there has not been a method that is effective in
reducing or preventing the transmission of submicron airborne
pathogens
Standard hospital filters of 95% dust spot @1 micron have little
effect in stopping submicron particulate, being 88% inefficient
on submicron particles.
Only HEPA or near HEPA filtration are considered effective on
particles submicron in size.
The Solution - Prevent microbes from entering the
system in the first place.
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For the first time ever allows for H.E.P.A. or near H.E.P.A.
filtration of the return vents directly in the room and
common areas of the structure.
New synthetic media with efficiencies to H.E.P.A. 99.97%
@ .1 micron.
Soft flexible pad with a very low static pressure.
Easily installed and removed
Requires no retrofit to the HVAC main system.
Attach via double sided tape over every return vent.
Drastically reducing the transmission of the pathogen
from one area of the facility to another.
Conclusion
 Hospital Safe can turn hygiene standard in any
facility to near clean room standards
 Containment filters will keep the air particle free. If
used on HVAC system in Afghanistan the filter will
save thousands to tens of thousands of dollars in fuel
cost.
 SparGuard and containment filters save money in
cleaning cost. Because SparGuard is so efficient, it
is possible to lower the cost of your disinfectants.
 Containment filters are so efficient there is a labor
Savings Cost for cleaning. No dust less time
cleaning.
 Testing is available to show efficacy
Contact Information
FOBI
Jimmy Morales
888-231-3624
[email protected]
Our Commitment:
Solutions That Provide Value
Qualities of SparGuard
 Effectiveness
- The
molecule never depletes
itself as all other
antimicrobials do.
 Durability
– The product’s
stable molecular structure
results in a protectant that is
often permanent for the life
of the product. Due to its
tenacious bonding
properties to most substrates,
only abrasion can remove
SparGuard.
How Does SparGuard protection work?
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The active ingredient in SparGuard adheres to all surfaces and
is both colorless and odorless.
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Think of SparGuard as a layer of electrically charged swords.
When a microorganism comes in contact with the treated
surface, the quaternary amine sword punctures the cell
membrane and the remnants are then electrocuted.
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Since nothing is transferred to the now dead cell, the
antimicrobial does not lose it’s strength and the sword is now
ready for the next cell to fall on it. (NOTE: Normal cleaning of
the treated surfaces is necessary in order for the SparGuard
antimicrobials to continue their effectiveness. Dirt buildup,
paint, dead microbes, etc. will cover the treatment prohibiting
it from killing microorganisms.)
How SparGuard Works
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SparGuard forms an almost permanent
bond with the surface substrate.
A ‘wheat field’ of carbon shafts
protects the surface from microbes.
Microbes are drawn to the ‘wheat
field’ of shafts by the positively
charged nitrogen atom.
The microbe’s cell wall is ruptured by
the shafts.
A positive charge from the nitrogen
atom delivers a fatal electrical charge
to the cell wall of the microbe