Why you need a multi-strength disinfectant

Why you need a multi-strength disinfectant

If you’re using a disinfectant that claims 1 strength can be used throughout, the solution can’t be both cost effective and efficacious. Here’s why. 

The problem

In a hospital you’ve got many different areas with different risk factors. We now have Functional Risk categories to divide up these risks, but often use the same disinfectant at the same strength throughout. However it has been determined that we don’t require the same level of cleaning controls throughout, so why use the same strength disinfectant?

Either your solution isn’t cost effective (i.e. using a costly operating theatre level disinfectant (FR1) on floors, in communal rooms and receptions (FR5-6)), or it’s cheap but not effective to the standard that’s needed in the high-level situations (FR 1-2).

The solution

To solve this problem of over-spending and underperforming, we need to collectively agree that we will no longer use single-strength or ready to use disinfectants to do the job. Instead, a disinfectant should have, as standard, 2 or 3 preparation strengths that can be used to get an appropriate disinfectant for each Functional Risk category.  

Products available

The products available are limited to tablet disinfectants as they provide an easy dosing system of a number of tablets per bottle or per litre. Peracide is an excellent tablet disinfectant with a range of EN testing, from 250ppm to 4000ppm, with 1000ppm being the standard use strength. As the manufacturer and distributor of Peracide, we want to work with your trust and understand your functional risk categories to be able to recommend different strengths of solution. This will ensure you’re getting a cost-effective solution every time.