Disinfection Selection


Deborah Bland, Marketing Lead for Healthcare, Diversey, UK & Ireland, discusses the various options available for surface disinfection within healthcare environments.


One tactic for improving environmental hygiene, the cleanliness of surfaces, in healthcare settings is to use the right disinfectants. However, not all disinfectants are created equally.


Cleaning professionals have traditionally chosen disinfectants with chlorine as the active ingredient (usually as bleaches) for cleaning hard surfaces in


care settings. While widely used, there are some drawbacks that can limit their usefulness. Alternative formulations with Accelerated Hydrogen Peroxide (AHP) as the active ingredient offer numerous advantages with few limitations.


The key requirement from any disinfectant in healthcare settings is efficacy - to prevent the introduction


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of potentially harmful pathogens and infections. These can range from hospital acquired infections such as MRSA and C. diff to infections common in any setting, such as influenza and Norovirus.


Effective surface disinfection is especially important in healthcare because patients are likely to be frail


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