2020-2021 HEALTHCARE PRODUCT ALL-STARS
In-demand infection prevention trio (disinfectant wipes, hand sanitizers, high-level disinfectants)
KEY SUPPLIERS: 3M Health Care, Best Sanitizers, Clorox, Diversey, Ecolab, ESSITY/ TORK, Georgia-Pacific Professional, Gojo, Henkel/Dial, Kimberly-Clark Professional, Mölnlycke, PDI
FIELD PERFORMANCE: Aside from cash and coins, gems, precious metals and stock shares in 2020, this trio of in-demand infection pre- vention products may be the closest ever to reach for legitimate currency status this side of bitcoin. Because of rampant demand deto- nated by COVID-19 fears, disinfectant wipes, hand sanitizers and high-level disinfectants vanished so quickly and routinely from retail store shelves and healthcare facility storeroom shelves, respectively, you’d swear they were the 21st
century successor to the Cabbage Patch Dolls of the 1980s and Beanie Babies of the 1990s.
For clinicians and other healthcare workers, the importance of these products – before, during and after a pandemic – remains bla- tantly obvious. “Disinfection of healthcare surfaces and
non-critical patient care equipment is one of the cornerstones in the foundation for
infection prevention practices,” said Debra Hagberg, MT (ASCP), CIC, Director, Clini- cal Affairs, PDI Healthcare. “PDI created the first pre-moistened germicidal wipe product for healthcare use in 1988. Health- care providers, including clinicians, would not be able to contribute efficiently and effectively to providing a sanitary patient care environment without PDI Germicidal Disposable Wipes. The ability to have pre- moistened disinfectant wipes at point of use has changed the concept that disinfection is for environmental services only.” Ecolab Healthcare credits timing as the company launched its Disposable Wipe Sys- tem near the close of 2019 just as COVID-19 was emerging, according to Chris Paradise, Senior Marketing Manager, Environmental Hygiene for Ecolab Healthcare. Paradise describes the system as consist- ing of a low-count roll of disposable dry wipes and a reusable canister, which the user saturates with liquid disinfectant to create a convenient disposable wipe option for disinfection. “The low-count wipe roll reduces waste associated with the product not being used in a timely manner, product being left open to dry out, or as was the case in some facili- ties during the pandemic, theft of product,” Paradise said. “Further, the wipe substrate
is qualified for compatibility with OxyCide Daily Disinfectant Cleaner, which is widely used by hospitals across the country. OxyCide is based on a peracetic acid and hydrogen per- oxide and has not been impacted by quat raw material shortages that limited availability of many disinfectants early in the pandemic.” Diversey aims for speed to augment safety
with its Oxivir product, according to arinda ecker, xecutive Director of Infection Pre- vention Platform, North America. “During this time, it has been paramount for providers to have a product that is fast for turnover, and is effective against this pathogen and others, as quickly as possible,” she said. “Being tough on pathogens, and not on people is a key benefit of Oxivir, and having a product that has the best possible safety rating in all six toxicity categories has made it available at the point of care. Many products take more time, or dry prior to the pathogens dying. Oxivir makes it possible to kill pathogens and enable fast turnover for the next patient.
As traditional supply dwindled in 2020, hospitals had to pivot, Paradise recalls. “Numerous hospitals across the country supplemented, and in some cases fully replaced, their depleted stock of pre-satu- rated wipes with OxyCide paired with the Page 16
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