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All hospital disinfectants need to be registered by the Enviromental Protection Agency (EPA) to make health claims. They all must submit successful kill data against the following organisms within a standard contact time of 10 minutes. The equivalent to over 99.99% reduction is required for disinfectant registration.
These particular organisms were identified by the EPA as representatives of their category or structure of organism to simplify the testing process & avoid having to test every organism within a category.
ORGANISM (TYPE) |
REDUCTION |
CONTACT TIME |
DISINFECTANT CATEGORY |
Salmonella choleraesuis
(Gram -ve) |
99.999+% |
10 minutes |
Disinfectant |
Staphylococcus aureus
(Gram +ve) |
99.999+% |
10 minutes |
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
(Gram +ve Human Pathogen) |
99.999+% |
10 minutes |
Hospital |
Trichophyton mentagrophytes
(Fungi- spore forming) |
99.999+% |
10 minutes |
General Fungicide |
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
(TB) |
99.999+% |
5 minutes |
Tuberculocidal |
Human Immunodeficiency virus
type 1
(HIV - 1, the AIDS virus) |
99.999+% |
10 minutes |
Virocidal (against HIV) |
NOTE: Benefect® is not required, nor recommended, to be rinsed or wiped off at all due to its botanical ingredients and neutral pH. "Just Spray & Walk Away"™.
Additional organisms are continually being tested, submitted & registered to broaden the kill spectrum of Benefect.
The statements of antimicrobial activity are based on independent laboratory testing at world renowned ATS Labs in Minneapolis.
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