Herrin Enterprises Introduces The Bio-Shield Method, an Affordable, Green Cleaning Method for Workplace Infection Control
Plainfield, NH (Vocus) August 17, 2010
Herrin Enterprises, a facilities-cleaning company that has served residential and commercial customers in the Upper Valley of New Hampshire and Vermont since 1985, today announced The BioShield Method, an affordable, biological-based (green) cleaning method for workplace infection control. The BioShield Method uses a combination of new technology and traditional technology to scientifically reduce infection levels and the risk of cross-contamination in the workplace.
The BioShield Method is designed to augment, not replace, existing janitorial cleaning services. After adding BioShield 75 to their existing janitorial service, most facilities will pay more or less the same amount as for janitorial services alone, because BioShield reduces the cost of janitorial supplies and other costs.
Herrin Enterprises also today announced The BioShield Challenge, under which the company, at no charge, will test the infection levels in any Upper Valley business.
“Janitorial cleaning methods do a good job at making a facility look good and smell good,” said Rodd Herrin, founder, owner and president of Herrin Enterprises. “But they don’t clean deep enough into the dirt to kill all the germs* in those places that everyone touches, like door handles, light switches, telephones, and computer keyboards. These cross-contamination ‘hot spots’ are the places where employees and customers pick up illnesses. The BioShield Method concentrates on these hot spots and makes the workplace a lot healthier, at low cost or no additional cost.”
To demonstrate the dangers of hot spots, the company recently performed a secret field test in the public areas at a major hospital. They tested five hot spots at random. Only one passed; the other four were several times higher than the maximum safe levels.
“Most businesses – even those with diligent cleaning programs – are unaware of the real risks in their environments. That’s why we are challenging them to find out by offering them free testing,” said Rodd Herrin.
The BioShield Method
The BioShield Method consists of four steps:
Test: Conduct on-site tests of surface cleanliness using adenosine triphosphate (ATP).
Demonstrate: Monitor and report on surface cleanliness using ongoing testing and data compilation.
Improve: Strengthen the existing cleaning methods by (1) steam-cleaning surfaces on-site; (2) immersion-cleaning portable items (for example, keyboards) off-site; and (3) applying BioShield 75®, a patented biostatic inhibitor that kills microbes for up to 90 days, even while additional dirt is accumulating (most disinfectants don’t even last one hour).
Regulate: Tailor a solution for regulating and maintaining a bio-safe environment, based on the workplace’s characteristics, traffic and hot spots.
The BioShield Method can disinfect and protect virtually any surface or object, from telephones, electronic keyboards, hospital bedside remotes, wheelchairs and other portable objects, to furniture, stadium seats and shelving, to sports equipment, bedding and daycare toys. These hot spots often carry infection levels that are far higher than the maximum safe levels, the company said.
The BioShield Method serves the needs of several markets: manufacturing, retail, hospitality, healthcare, entertainment, sports, education, and day care centers – as well as any office environment.
“Keene Medical Products has had the carry cases for our rental equipment and the very soiled wheelchairs cleaned using Herrin Enterprises’ BioShield Method for the past few years,” said Michael Richardson, service department manager for Keene Medical Products, Inc., of Lebanon, NH. “Both look new once they have been cleaned, and the BioShield methods used enhance our Infection Control Program.”
*Microbes, including bacteria, viruses, algae and mold.
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