Ecolab inc. receives u.s. environmental protection agency approval for its oxycide™ daily disinfectant cleaner for efficacy against candida auris

Ecolab inc. has received u.s. environmental protection agency (epa) approval for its oxycide™ daily disinfectant cleaner for efficacy against candida auris (c. auris), an emerging fungal pathogen that presents a serious global health threat. according to the u.s. centers for disease control and prevention (cdc), c. auris is difficult to identify, multi-drug resistant and can spread through sick patients as well as on contaminated surfaces and equipment, putting hospitalized patients and hospital systems at risk for outbreaks. c. auris has been cultured from multiple locations in patient rooms, including both high touch surfaces, such as bedside tables and bedrails, and locations further away from the patient. c. auris has also been identified on mobile equipment, such as glucometers, temperature probes, blood pressure cuffs, ultrasound machines, nursing carts and crash carts. oxycide daily disinfectant cleaner is an epa-registered one-step disinfectant cleaner, virucide and deodorizer with sporicidal activity designed for daily hospital use on both flexible and hard non-porous surfaces. when used as directed, it is proven effective in preventing healthcare-associated infections (hais); killing c. auris in three minutes as well as clostridioidesdifficile (c. diff) and 32 other organisms in five minutes or less.
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