Today rapid decontamination systems are being used by hospitals, laboratories, government agencies, public health agencies, public transportation authorities, fire departments, ambulance companies, correctional facilities, and several other public and private sector markets worldwide. Total Source Environmental views these large and small systems as a competent, practical, and efficient solution in infection control, bio-infected military/ municipal structures, and transportation. It gives you the capacity to protect against pathogenic infections and contamination problems. It is a scientifically and technologically sound solution that is safe as well as effective. The technology combines with the ability to achieve quick kill times while leaving no residue. We use carefully selected EPA-approved disinfectant solution that is capable of deep penetration and wide dispersion. The system demonstrates unparalleled efficacy and kill time against industry recognized “gold standard” challenges. They are automatically applied without operator intervention for at least 10-minute exposure periods. Zimek’s Micro-Mist™ transmigrates within any enclosed air-volume and reaches virtually every surface exposed to free-airflow, thereby decontaminating hard-to-reach surfaces for at least a 10-minute exposure period that even the most dutiful cleaning and janitorial custodians cannot realistically achieve. Neither OSHA, EPA nor ANSI standards limit its use.

Nosocomial, or hospital-acquired, infections remain a major challenge in United States healthcare institutions. Despite advances in antibiotic, disinfection agents and processes, many experts believe that we are losing this war. Infections contracted in hospitals represent the fourth largest killer in America. Current estimates suggest two million patients will contract infections while in hospitals and an estimated 103,000 will die as a result. This represents as many deaths as from AIDS, breast cancer and auto accidents combined.

Many of these pathogens are known to exist on surfaces within the hospital environment. Further, it is clear that this environment serves as a reservoir and breeding grounds for organisms with increasing resistance to antibiotics. Current trends concentrate cleaning by human interface, increased hand washing, and developing newer antibiotics to combat the ever-increasing threat of antibiotic resistance. This strategy essentially concedes the hospital environment battleground of emerging resistance. Rapid decontamination technology is well suited to meet this challenge because it is not limited by temperature, humidity and human exposure. The technology is not tied to any specific agent and is not limited by temperature or humidity.

This new technology finally opens the possibility of actually destroying the reservoirs of resistant organisms with the goal of having the environment permit only minimal temporary colonization with community organisms in the future. Over the last several years there have been numerous situations that have developed in the food production industry directly related to bacteriological contamination. It is intuitive obvious that current methods are inherently inadequate. This technology is well suited to address their problems.

The implications for Homeland Security are as great as that for healthcare institutions and food production. Every building is subjected or suspected of being exposed to contamination must be cleaned up before it can be re-occupied. Biological agents can bring a transportation, health care, commercial, government or military facility to an immediate standstill due to contamination of the internal facility environments with no quick way to effectively decontaminate staff, space or equipment. Communities could lose such resources as police stations, government buildings and public transportation locations while waiting for lengthy remediation processes. The wait for contaminated buildings to be cleaned up has sometimes been measured in years. The current preferred method to remediate these sites involved the use of chlorine dioxide that had to be produced on-site by huge generators mounted on tractor-trailer trucks. The ability to sterilize an area after anthrax or other biologic agent contamination is currently minimal at the first responder level, so sites are simply closed and sealed with cleaned up plans to be considered later. Rapid decontamination systems we provide can assist with efficient and lifesaving clean-ups in a fraction of the time.