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Tristel welcomes Cardiff University study on detergent wipes

Tristel plc (AIM: TSTL), the manufacturer of infection prevention, contamination control and hygiene products, welcomes the recent study by Cardiff University published in American Journal of Infection Control which concludes that commercially available detergent wipes are inconsistent in their ability to remove spores of bacteria from hospital surfaces following a 10 second wipe.

Tristel's range of infection prevention products for hospitals have been developed specifically to disinfect medical instruments, using a proprietary chlorine dioxide chemistry clinically proven to be effective against the most common bacteria, micro-bacteria, viruses and fungi as well as being effective at a sporicidal level. This chemistry has been applied to Tristel's range of surfaces products so that the same effectiveness can be achieved on hospital surfaces, the area that this study shows to be ineffectively cleaned when only detergent wipes are used.

Commenting Paul Swinney, Chief Executive Officer of Tristel, said:

"There is a huge difference between our proven disinfectant chemistry, which is commonly used in the majority of UK hospitals to clean key medical instruments, and the simple detergent wipes that have been shown by this study to be inconsistent in killing superbugs such as MRSA or C. difficile.

"The study highlights the very issue that we deal with every day in our engagement with hospitals around the world, which is the need to step up surface cleaning from regular detergents to a more powerful disinfectant that is effective against tackling some of the deadliest hospital acquired infections.

"I have no doubt that the wider understanding of this issue provides Tristel with a huge opportunity to press our case for the use of our products on hospital surfaces where the common practice is shown to be ineffective. In short, hospitals can no longer just use everyday detergents to combat infections, they need to use effective disinfectants like ours."

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