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Author: Michael Martin
ClO2 Concentration – Tablets in Volume of Water
Open Volume Calculations for ClO2 Concentration
Please note: While tablet volumes may be shown in decimal point quantities, the tablets are NOT to be cut. Simply round the quantity up or down as required.
Schools, Colleges & Universities
Schools, Colleges & Universities
Observations on the Setting:
Schools of all types and for all ages are places of constant movement. Students shuffle from one class to the next, lockers are accessed, door handles are touched and stairs are climbed – with hundreds of students touching handrails and other surfaces. Germs are deposited and withdrawn all day long.
Recommendations on Cleaning Protocols:
Round the clock movement, use and activity requires some level of round the clock protection. Cleaned surfaces should be treated with antimicrobials, so as to render them inhibitive to bacterial colonization. Cleaning should be done with microfiber and low dose concentrations of Envirotab (50-100ppm), or Synergy Glass & Surface, and disinfection by ULV Spraying with a 300ppm application of ProDox disinfectant (likely availability in Q1 2021).
Products you may wish to Review:
Please consider reviewing the following products from our line:
- Envirotab ClO2 Cleaner and Deodorizer
- Synergy Glass & Surface (available in multiple dispensing options)
- ProDox Disinfectant (expected release in Q1 2021).
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Auto Detailing & Odor Control
Auto Detailing & Odor Control
Observations on the Setting:
Car Detailers can be stationary (working in a shop), or nomadic (on the road day after day); either way, they need products that work well and work fast, and customers are only satisfied when the results are long-lasting. A few solutions need to do get it done, and help the attendant to get out.
Recommendations on Cleaning Protocols:
Glass and interior hard surface cleaning must be done with as little chemistry as possible, and as close to a neutral pH as feasible. Dashboards and door panels can’t be dried out by alkaline degreasers and surfaces must dry quickly. Odors must be dealt with aggressively, effectively and easily.
Products you may wish to Review:
- Envirotab and microfiber for all hard surface cleaning (other than glass)
- Synergy Glass for glass and chrome | Synergy BioClean for engine degreasing & car wash
- Synergy Soil Break (imbedded dirt) | Consume (food stains) | Capture (extraction)
- BioBombs for deep deodorizing, and Envirotab & ULV Mist Sprayer for light deodorizing
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For more information about BIO-BOMBS, visit our BioBombs.com website or see this product in our online store.
Mold & Mildew Remediation
Mold & Mildew Remediation
Observations on the Setting:
The elimination of the fungal contamination and it stain from semi-porous and porous surfaces is a nasty job. The chance of personal contamination by the technician, breathing in the fungal spores means that the job needs to be done safely, quickly and effectively. Often times, the mold is imbedded on vertical surfaces, meaning that hang-time is also of great importance.
Recommendations on Cleaning Protocols:
Mold is best dealt with in three to four steps:
- Safe removal of surface contamination that can otherwise be easily made airborne;
- Application of a deep-penetrating, yet clinging fungicidal disinfectant with extraction;
- Final application of the same disinfectant on a fully cleaned surface;
- Application of a durable antimicrobial that can inhibit the reappearance of the same.
Products you may wish to Review:
We’d like to bring to your attention each of the available sizes (so as to have batch-size flexibility) of these products:
- Envirotab cleaner and deodorizer (for surface pre-cleaning, stain-removal and post removal deodorizing)
- Synergy Cling Additive for ClO2
- ProDox Healthcare Disinfectant (expected release in Q1 2021) for post-cleaning disinfection
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Healthcare & Clinical
Acute & Clinical Healthcare | LTC Cleaning
Observations on the Setting:
Rarely does an individual visit a hospital who is not at risk of either being infected, or infectious to others. We are all carriers (to some degree) of bacteria and viruses that can bring havoc to the weakened and compromised. The level of cleaning in a healthcare setting needs to be to the highest standards and regularly validated for protocol and product efficacy.
Recommendations on Cleaning Protocols:
Too often, healthcare facility staff place all their trust in disinfectants, spread liberally – forgoing the step of soil removal and elimination. Furthermore, the use of sustainable microfiber is being passed by for disposable, pre-treated wipers that are not designed to remove soil – just spread solution. If this does not change, HAI’s will continue to grow. Soil and bio-burden must be removed to guarantee a sanitary surface.
Products you may wish to Review:
We would like to recommend the use of the following products, used in this order:
- Envirotab ClO2 Cleaner applied with a damp ProTab cloth or damp Microfiber;
- Dry microfiber used to capture and contain/eliminate surface soils and bio-burden
- ProDox Healthcare Disinfectant (expected release in Q1 2021) applied with a ProTab Cloth Towel.
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Food Processing Facilities
Food Processing Facilities
Observations on the Setting:
Protecting a nation’s food chain could be considered a matter of national defense, with carefully standardized practices, approved products and means of clear and accurate on-site methods of validation. Furthermore, the chemistries employed must not – under any circumstances, be allowed to taint or contaminate the food items being processed or prepared.
Recommendations on Cleaning Protocols:
Our recommendations for food area cleaning are simple:
- Clean all surfaces after hours with a bio-enzymatic cleaning solution so as to break down the amino acids that connect organic materials to one another; and
- Rinse all surfaces with clean water, treated with 50-100ppm of Chlorine Dioxide, depending on available dwell-time. Chlorine Dioxide leave no residue and does not require rinsing.
Products you may wish to Review:
We recommend that you review and consider these products from our lines:
- Synergy BioClean Plus, applied with a foam-generating system. This product will prove very effective on all surfaces for cleaning, and will treat the floor drains when rinsed.
- Securitab Disinfectant & Sanitizer (expected release in Q1 2021) with an in-line blending dispenser from a charge solution.
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Dairy Production & Processing
Dairy Storage & Production
Observations on the Setting:
In the United States alone, there is 218,000,000,000 lbs (over 25.6 Billion Gallons) of milk produced, stored, transported and either bottled or converted to other value-added products (various cheeses, sour cream, and a host of other milk-containing packaged foods). The lines, vats, containers, tankers, processing equipment and other items must be washed and sanitized regularly. The overwhelming majority of the sanitizers used for this activity are built upon a platform of quaternary-ammonium compounds. Trace residuals of these types of sanitizer have been suspected of causing human digestive issues, hormone disruption and the formation of superbugs. This synthetic compound needs to be eliminated from our food chain.
Recommendations on Cleaning Protocols:
Instead, we recommend a protocol that focuses squarely on cleaning – breaking down the milk fats with mineral-based cleaners like Synergy Soil Break, followed by a low concentration rinse of water treated with residual-free Securitab.
Products you may wish to Review:
As they become available, please consider the following products:
- Synergy Soil Break used at just 1oz/gallon of water with pressure;
- Synergy Securitab (expected to be available in Q1 of 2021).
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Cooling & Heating Systems
Cooling Tower Cleaning
Observations on the Setting:
Cooling Tower operators are regularly under intense scrutiny to ensure that they are providing protection against water contamination by Legionella, Salmonella and other water-contaminating pathogens. Furthermore, the build up of biofilm on condenser plates and tower packs reduce production efficiency, slowing down heat transfer and increasing cost. Finally, consider the fact that all colony-forming aerobic bacteria have the capacity to breakdown even metallic surfaces as they dig their foothold in deeper and deeper on surfaces.
Recommendations on Cleaning Protocols:
Limescale and biofilm are both at the forefront of Cooling Tower Cleaning protocols, and nothing reduces both as rapidly as chlorine dioxide. Employing a foam-able solution of Envirotab and Synergy Cling will quickly dismantle both the lime, and the scum produced by these colony-forming units. The routine will simply be:
- Apply the foaming version of Envirotab at 300-400ppm
- Agitate as possible with a mechanical brush or
- Rinse free with clear water.
Products you may wish to Review:
As they become available, please consider the following products:
- Envirotab Cleaning & Deodorizing Tablets;
- Synergy Cling to create a foam with ClO2.
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Brewery & Winery Producers
Brewery & Winery Production
Observations on the Setting:
In the United States alone, there is over 180 million barrels of beer and 800 million gallons of wine produced annually. The lines, vats, containers, kegs, processing equipment and other items must be washed and sanitized regularly. The overwhelming majority of the sanitizers used for this activity are built upon a platform of quaternary-ammonium compounds or harsh peracetic acids. QAC’s have been known to taint the flavor (proving their residual presence after rinsing) and PAA is highly hazardous and very corrosive to equipment.
Recommendations on Cleaning Protocols:
Instead, we recommend a protocol that focuses squarely on cleaning – employing a proactive approach with using milder alkaline cleaners line Synergy Green Line and a rinse with clean water treated with a low dose of Securitab.
Products you may wish to Review:
As they become available, please consider the following products:
- Synergy Green Line used at just 2oz/gallon of water with pressure;
- Synergy Securitab (expected to be available in Q1 of 2021).
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Agriculture & Horticulture
Agriculture & Horticulture
Observations on the Setting:
In increasing numbers, food in North America is being grown in greenhouse production houses, with sophisticated, automated management, and in an almost unending number of growth cycles. Natural and artificial lights give off UV light and water lines run everywhere.
The problem is that the same light that encourages photosynthesis in plants also warms the cyclically stagnant water in the feedlines to the temperature that is perfect for the growth of e.coli, salmonella and legionella.
Recommendations on Cleaning Protocols:
With Securitab, charge solutions of ClO2 can be prepared onsite and fed into the lines, raising the level to a constant 1ppm, controlling and eliminating the possibility for water line contamination. High concentrations may also be used as topical treatments for the elimination of most surface molds that may appear on the plants.
Products you may wish to Review:
As they become available, please consider the following products:
- Synergy BioClean Plus used at just 1oz/gallon of water for downtime cleaning;
- Synergy Securitab (expected to be available in Q1 of 2021).
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