05/21/2020
We have been approached by multiple manufacturers and developers of all of these different sanitization products to use and sell their products to our clients. We have checked out all of them. But when the time came to select the one that we felt was the very best one available for our clients, the choice was quite simple. We are proud to say that we are an exclusive provider of Decon-7. We encourage everyone out there to look into these different products that are flooding the market right now. Take the time to look at the published research and testing and track record of each of these companies and the products they are promoting to try and keep your homes and businesses as safe as possible. We believe you will come to the same east conclusion. Decon-7 or D7 is the real deal. Give us a call and feel free to ask anything you want about this product and our services. We sincerely hope to be a part of the solution of preventing the spread of this horrible virus and many other disease causing germs that we can eliminate by using Decon-7.
Why D7 is Superior to other Products for Disinfection of SARS-CoV-2
D7 is an aqueous-based disinfectant that can rapidly neutralize highly toxic chemical and biological materials. The formulation:
• is effective for killing pathogenic organisms including bacteria, viruses, biofilms, and fungi and for neutralizing highly toxic chemicals;
• utilizes very mild ingredients that gives it very low toxicity and corrosivity properties;
• can be deployed as a foam, liquid spray, or fog on a wide variety of materials and surfaces.
D7 contains surfactants, mild solvents, inorganic salts, a low concentration of hydrogen peroxide (~3.5%), a hydrogen peroxide activator, and water. The surfactants soften the cell walls of pathogens which allows the activated peroxide to pe*****te to the interior for complete kill. This unique combination of mild ingredients works synergistically to kill persistent biological pathogens which has been demonstrated in testing at government and private facilities and in many field applications – outperforming formulations that contain much harsher chemicals.
D7 can effectively inactivate coronaviruses. In tests at Kansas State University, D7 was shown to rapidly and completely inactivate a >5Log10 concentration of Bovine Coronavirus (BCV) with a one minute contact time even in the presence of a 50% organic loading (Bieker et al., Rapid Inactivation of SARS-like Coronaviruses, Sandia National Laboratories, SAND2004-1120, https://prod-ng.sandia.gov/techlib-noauth/access-control.cgi/2004/041120.pdf.). Note that in the study, D7 is referred to by its development name of DF-200. Based on these results, D7 can effectively be used to disinfect facilities against SARS-CoV-2 – even with high organic or soil loads.
D7 is currently being extensively used world-wide to combat COVID-19 with excellent results. Over 1000 tons of D7 have been used in medical facilities and other facilities in China and other countries in the last two months to successfully disinfect the SARS-CoV-2 virus. According to medical personnel in China, it is the only disinfectant that seems to work againstSARS-CoV-2. Itisalsobeingsuccessfullyusedfordisinfectionoperationsinvirtuallyevery other country with significant numbers of COVID-19 cases and also in countries without many cases where disinfection operations have been stepped up to prevent the spread of the virus.
Why is D7 a superior disinfectant for SARS-CoV-2 as compared to many other products? The primary reason is that, in real world applications, SARS-CoV-2 does not exist alone. When airborne, SARS-CoV-2 is almost always surrounded by and protected by bodily fluids (e.g., saliva, nasal mucous, etc.) which makes it very persistent in the environment. When it lands on a surface, the situation is even worse because SARS-CoV-2 is also protected by organic material and soil on those surfaces making it even more persistent. In addition, the genetic material in the SARS-CoV-2 virus is surrounded by a lipid envelope (i.e., an oily material). The detergents and mild solvents in D7 cut through the bodily fluids, soil/organic material, and lipid envelope so that the hydrogen peroxide and activated hydrogen peroxide in D7 actually reaches and
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destroys the virus. Other disinfectants are repelled or inactivated by the bodily fluids, soil/organic material, and lipid envelope surrounding SARS-CoV-2 and never actually come in contact with the virus so it survives. Many of these other disinfectants pass laboratory tests against viruses in artificial conditions but fail in real-world applications. This superior action of D7 in the presence of organic materials is illustrated in Figure 1 below (note that the actual SARS- CoV-2 virus is even more complex than what is shown in the figure and contains a virus protein coat [i.e., capsid] making it even more important to use a disinfectant such as D7 to pe*****te this coat and reach the RNA).
Coronavirus Disinfection with D7
The Coronavirus is very persistent in the environment
• The Coronavirus does not exist alone – it is almost always surrounded by bodily fluids
– Nasal mucous – Saliva
– F***l matter
• The Coronavirus is protected by a lipid envelope that is made up of organic materials
• Most disinfectants such as ozone, VHP, chlorine bleach, and ethyl alcohol fail to pe*****te the bodily fluids and lipid envelope and never reach the virus
RNA
Lipid Envelope Protein Spikes
Bodily Fluids
D7
Detergents
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CH COOO- 3
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Figure 1: The detergency and low surface tension in D7 allows it to pe*****te organic matter and bodily fluids to reach and destroy the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
The second reason why D7 is a superior disinfectant for SARS-CoV-2 is that it has very high efficacy against a large spectrum of pathogens, including SARS-CoV-2. Efficacy in disinfectants is measured by log kill as shown in Table 1 below:
Log10 Kill
Percent Kill (%)
Remaining Virus from original 10,000,000 present
Representative Disinfectants
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
90 1,000,000
99 100,000 99.9 10,000
99.99 1000 99.999 100
99.9999 10 99.99999 0
Ethyl Alcohol, Quats
Chlorine Bleach D7
*Note that the efficacy estimates are not intended to include all disinfectants but only examples of low efficacy and high efficacy products.
Table 1: Log kill efficacy of disinfectants
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Detergents and low surface tension allow D7 to pe*****te bodily fluids and to disrupt the viral envelope enabling multiple reactive species in D7 to attack the RNA.
Unfortunately, many government organizations and others are promoting the use of low efficacy disinfectants in the battle against COVID-19. For example, most hand sanitizers use ethyl alcohol as their primary disinfecting ingredient. Other products may only contain a quaternary ammonium compound (i.e., quats) that also have relatively low efficacy. Using these types of disinfectants (and others with low efficacy) may present a significant problem because the large number of SARS-CoV-2 viruses deposited on a surface from the cough or a sneeze of an infected person may overwhelm these low efficacy disinfectants leaving infectious viruses behind even after disinfection operations. Recent research (Pan et al., Viral Load of SARS-CoV-2 in clinical samples, The Lancet, 20:4 [pp. 411-412], February 24, 2020) has shown that COVID-19 patients may have very high levels of SARS-CoV-2 viruses (i.e., viral load) in their upper respiratory system that could be expelled during a cough or sneeze. The sizes of a droplet expelled during a sneeze varies from
D7 delivers a powerful disinfectant, cleaner, and deodorizer, making it practical for food production environments, public safety, and military situations.
