[p2tech] Fw: Products for H1N1 mitigation: Could you give me your thoughts

Ecolab offers Asepti-Wipe II which is registered 
with EPA with an Influenza A claim.

Contact:
RHONDA SCHULZ
Associate Director, Product Registration & Compliance Law & Regulatory
Affairs ECOLAB 370 Wabasha Street North - EUC 9 St. Paul, MN 55102-1390

T 651-293-4026
F 651-225-3122

rhonda.schulz at ecolab.com


Georjean Adams


At 7:59 AM -0700 9/9/09, Gangmark.Carolyn at epamail.epa.gov wrote:
>Hello P2 Tech Community.  My colleague Cathe Bell (message below) is
>seeking feedback re disinfectant wipes to be used this fall to help
>prevent cases of H1N1 in our EPA R10 office.  Since many of you have
>expertise in this area and work in offices where similar decision making
>is underway... thought that we might all benefit from the collective
>wisdom.  Thoughts???   Thanks so much.
>
>Carolyn Gangmark
>U.S. EPA Region 10
>1200 6th Ave. Suite 900 AWT-128
>Seattle, WA  98101
>Phone (206) 553-4072
>FAX (206) 553-8509
>
>If we don't get climate right - nothing else matters.
>----- Forwarded by Carolyn Gangmark/R10/USEPA/US on 09/09/2009 07:51 AM
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>                                       Products for H1N1 mitigation:    
>                                       Could you give me your thoughts  
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>Colleagues:
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>  I'd like both your personal and professional opinion about some
>products that I am considering purchasing to help reduce the impact of
>H1N1 in our workplace this winter.  I've contacted you because I value
>your thinking on the subject.  I trust that your combined experience
>will help me select products that are as powerful as we might need, but
>as benign as possible.
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>Here is the situation:  to equip staff to reduce flu transmission in the
>workplace, I'm going to follow a strategy which includes
>       1.  flu shots:  both seasonal and H1N1
>       2.  messages on ways to reduce disease transmission by personal
>hygiene and practices, and
>       3.  provision of sanitizers to be used in places where disease
>transmission is more likely.
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>I hesitate, for a number of reasons to bring additional chemicals into
>our workplace.  However, the guidance I'm receiving, both internal to
>R10 and from CDC, encourages me to consider these as components of an
>public health approach which will be  more effective than "business as
>usual."
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>The elements are simple:  a limited amount of sanitizing wipes and hand
>sanitizers will be stationed around the floors to be used in areas the
>public frequents or staff congregates.  The wipes will also be made
>available to IT staff to destroy microbes before they handle what is
>likely to be contaminated equipment.
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>I'd like your opinions on the wipe sanitizers, specifically.  I've
>attached a sheet with the names and characteristics of some products
>I've investigated.  I'd like to hear your opinions on whether and how to
>station these, and, more importantly, arguments for selecting specific
>products.
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>Now, I'm going to bias you (stop reading, review the information and
>respond, if you'd like).  I'm inclined to opt for simple chemicals
>rather that the various takes on benzalkonium chloride and complex
>antimicrobials.  From what I've read, all of these products are almost
>equally effective.  The difference between the alcohol, chlorine, and
>hydrogen peroxide based sanitizers and some of the more complex
>materials is that the latter's antimicrobial action may last a bit
>longer, longer on the order of hours.  For our uses, I'm not sure that
>is critical.  There are three issues I'd like to weight toward:  a) that
>the wipes are not irritating, particularly to more sensitive members of
>our community, b) manufacturing of the product is relatively simple and
>sustainable, and c) the product does not contribute to antimicrobial
>resistance.  Look at my list and know I'm open to your thoughts.
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>Again, these wipes will be used to clean up after sneezing/coughing, if
>someone sick has been in an area, in offices where a sick person has
>left within 48 hours and office materials must be accessed, in public
>greeting areas, and to the PC Hotline and administrative support staff
>to use when they handle staff equipment.
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>Note:  manufacturing bleach may involve mercury cells (to be phased out
>by 2020), a drawback. Or they may depend on membranes.
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>(See attached file: wipes_product comparisons for comment.doc)
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>SHEMPMGRS:  this is for your information only, so that you do not need
>to duplicate this work.  No comments are expected, although you know I'd
>welcome your educated opinions!
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>>From the Desk of
>Cathe Bell
>Safety, Health and Environmental Management
>US EPA Region 10, M/S OMP-077
>Seattle, WA 98101
>Tel: 206-553-0308
>BlackBerry: 206-399-9394            Fax: 206-553-0714
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>Attachment converted: Macintosh HD:wipes_product 
>compa#1901923.doc (WDBN/«IC») (01901923)


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