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Chlorine Dioxide
What does it Kill?
| Type of Microorganism |
| ↓
Decreasing Resitance
|
Bacterial Endospores
(Clostridium, Bacillus) |
Mycobacteria
(Mycobacterium) |
Non-enveloped, non-lipid viruses
(Parvoviruses) |
Fungi
(Aspergillus, Stachybotrys) |
Gram-negative vegetative bacteria
(Escherichia, Pseudomonas) |
Gram-positive bacteria
(Enterococcus, Staphylococcus) |
Enveloped, lipid viruses
(Influenza) |
ClorDiSys' chlorine dioxide gas is registered with the United States Environmental Protection Agency as a sterilizer.
The US EPA defines a sterilizer as able "to destroy or eliminate all forms of microbial life including fungi, viruses, and
all forms of bacteria and their spores," meaning ClorDiSys' chlorine dioxide gas will inactivate
any form of antimicrobial life including spores. Testing has been done using chlorine dioxide on a multitude
of specific organism types, and that information can be found in the
Biological Efficacy List.
As testing is constantly ongoing, this is not to be thought of as a complete list of organisms in which chlorine
dioxide gas is effective against.
To date, no organism tested against chlorine dioxide gas has proved resistant.
US EPA registered sterilant:
Products: CSI CD Cartridge - EPA Label Download
EPA Reg#: 80802-1
Registrant: Clordisys Solutions, INC
Approval Date: 2/25/2005
Active Ingredient Sodium Chlorite 72.8%
Also proven effective against:
Beta - Lactams - Inactivation of Beta-Lactams
Pinworm Eggs - Inactivation of Pinworm and their eggs
Amplicons - Inactivation of Amplicons