Technology that Inhibits microbial growth
Carpeting improves aesthetics, reduces noise, and helps prevents slips and falls. But hospitals are also concerned about the possible spread of infectious diseases and odors caused by microorganisms, and the threat of allergies resulting form uninhibited growth of microorganisms. In the home, odors caused by microorganisms may be trouble some in bathroom and kitchen carpets, and in child and pet areas.
Antimicrobial Additives in Cleaning Products
To combat these problems, both institutions and homemakers have established housekeeping practices which include the use of cleaning products containing antimicrobial additives. These additives are based on halogenated salicylic acid anilides, organotin compounds, quaternary ammonium compounds, and
quaternary ammonium sulfonamide derivatives.
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These treatments base their activity on leaching or diffusion into the surrounding environment. Since most of them are water-soluble, they lack cleaning durability and have to be constantly reapplied. Many have limited biological activity against specific microorganisms and have to be applied in combination with other products. And laboratory tests have shown that, although these products are effective against some bacteria, both gram-negative and gram-positive bacteria readily adapt to many of them, lessening their effectiveness over time. This has led to a general disenchantment with these products and a search for an antimicrobial which can combine effectiveness with durability.
A New Approach
The ÆGIS Microbe Shield is a silicone quaternary amine with broad-spectrum antimicrobial activity. The active ingredient (3-trimethoxysilylpropyldimethyloctadecyl ammonium chloride) controls a broad range of bacteria and fungi responsible for odors, rot, and mildew. This compound destroys microorganisms by disrupting the delicate cell membranes, and therefore, does not need to be absorbed in solution to be
effective. In addition, the ÆGIS Microbe Shield is unique because it combines this property with an important new technology developed by Dow Corning Corporation scientists. They have learned how to bond biologically active molecules to inert surfaces6. This means that the ÆGIS Microbe Shield not only destroys microorganisms but also remains effective through cleaning a stain removal.
The combination of these two technologies-
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