Electrostatic disinfection has been around for decades, but it has recently grown in popularity over the last couple of years due to the Covid19 pandemic. Simply put, electrostatic disinfection is the most foolproof and efficient way to disinfect any object or area.
HOW DOES IT WORK?!
First, take a look around you right now. Everything near you has a naturally occurring negative or neutral charge (i.e. your desk, table, phone, carpet, door knob, etc.). When you perform electrostatic disinfection, a chemical disinfectant is given a positive charge as it comes out of the sprayer.
So, as I’m sure you all remember from grade school science, opposite charges attract each other. So, like a magnet, all of that positively charged spray that comes out of the machine is going to immediately seek out all of the negatively charged surfaces near it. And it won’t land in the same place twice!
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
Well, that means all of the surfaces that get treated with electrostatic disinfection, get completely sanitized. A lot of times, when you try to sanitize by hand or with normal Lysol spray, a lot of high traffic areas will get missed, like the back side of knobs or underneath the arms of chairs, for example.
FUN FACT #1 – Body shops have been using electrostatic technology for years to apply paint to cars! Their paint spray guns employee electrostatic magnetism to make sure cars are evenly coated without missing any areas!
IS IT ONLY GOOD FOR COVID19?
While it is extremely efficient and helpful during disease outbreaks such as Covid19, electrostatic disinfection is an amazing tool for all offices and health care facilities to employ. Places that typically benefit the most from electrostatic disinfection have lots of people, kids, or vulnerable populations like immuno-compromised, cancer patients, etc.
Common buildings and industries using electrostatic disinfection:
- Pediatric facilities
- Urgent cares
- Emergency rooms
- Doctors’ offices
- Dentists
- Banks
- Schools
- Daycares
- Churches
FUN FACT #2 – Do you remember the Anthrax crisis that happened in Washington D.C. back in 2001? Electrostatic disinfection played an important role in helping to decontaminate workers in hazmat suits and the subway system at the time. It worked so well because it is one of the only ways to disinfect something like a fabric with many folds and creases.
IS IT TOXIC OR DANGEROUS?
Electrostatic disinfection is only as toxic as whatever chemical it is paired with to disinfect. That is why it’s important to ask questions about what chemicals are used when disinfecting and to choose a trusted source to perform your services.
Here at Kustom Kleaning Services, we use Vital Oxide. Vital Oxide is an EPA-registered hospital disinfectant cleaner, mold and mildew killer, and odor eliminator. With its ready-to-use formula designed to be gentle to users but tough on germs, Vital Oxide is non-irritating to skin, non-corrosive, NSF-certified (no rinse required) for food-contact surfaces, and listed as a category IV (lowest toxicity category) disinfectant with the EPA. It’s so safe, you can literally drink it without any side effects!
WHY DO I NEED TO DISINFECT? DON’T GERMS JUST DIE ON THEIR OWN OVERNIGHT?
There are many types of germs that can live on hard surfaces such as stainless steel door knobs, tabletops, and plastics for longer than you think. According to Healthily.com and WebMD, the below germs can live on surfaces for up to…
Cold Viruses – 7 days
Covid – 9 days
Flu Viruses – 1 day
Stomach bugs – 5 months!
MRSA – several weeks
WANT TO KNOW MORE!?
Electrostatic disinfection is available to all of our new and existing clients as an add-on service. Contact us today to find out more.