Zurn Healthcare

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Zurn Healthcare
Careguard Antimicrobial Laminar Solutions
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Faucet aerators in Healthcare environmentsWhat
are the issues?
Remove aerators in plumbing fixtures and
replace with laminar flow devices Domestic
Hot Water Temperature Limits Legionella /
Scald control Veterans Health
Administration Directive 2002-073
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Faucet aerators in Healthcare environmentsWhat
are the issues?
Faucet aerators have been reported to be
contaminated with gram-negative
bacilli Faucet aerators have been
epidemiologically linked to colonized or
infected patients Hospital epidemiologists
evaluating nosocomial outbreaks should
consider culturing faucet aerators Faucet
aerators A source of patient colonization with
Stenotrophomonas maltophilia University of North
Carolina School of Medicine, Association for
Professionals in Infection Control Epidemiology
1999. Published by American Journal of
Infection Control (AJIC)
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Faucet aerators in Healthcare environmentsWhat
are the issues?
In several hospital outbreaks, patients were
considered to be infected through exposure to
contaminated aerosols generated by
faucets Factors known to enhance colonization
and amplification of Legionella in man-made
water environments include stagnation, scale
and sediment Guidelines for Prevention of
Nosocomial Pneumonia Recommendation and
Reports Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) - 1997
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Faucet aerators in Healthcare environmentsUnders
tanding the issues
Factors that enhance colonization and amplify
bacterial growth

• Warm water
• (Room temperature)
• Water stagnation
• (Trapped droplets)
• Food
• (Scale, sediment, biofilm)

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Faucet aerators in Healthcare environmentsThe
Solution

• Laminar
• Screenless
• Antimicrobial

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Careguard AntimicrobialHow does it work?

• Attacks bacteria cell wall
• Interrupts cell metabolism
• Prevents bacteria reproduction

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Careguard Antimicrobial How is the Silver
released?
Surface film of moisture
Bacteria
Silver release
Environment
Engineered Polymer
Careguard polymer
AgION Antimicrobial
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Careguard Antimicrobial How is Silver mixed
into the Acetal?
A fine powder is blended into plastics using
conventional compounding processes
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Careguard Antimicrobial What bacteria is it
effective against?

• Saccharomyces cerevisiae
• Salmonella gallinarum
• Salmonella typhimurium
• Staphylococcus aureus
• Staphylococcus epidermidis
• Stenotrophomonas maltophilia
• Streptococcus agalactiae
• Streptococcus faecalis
• Streptococcus mutans
• Trycophyton malmsten
• Vibrio parahaemolyticus
• Yeast and Mold
• Aspergillus niger
• Candida albicans
• Penicillium funiculosum
• Stachybotrys

• Bacteria
• Aureobasidium pullulans
• Bacillus cereus
• Bacillus thuringiensis
• Chaetomium globosum
• Enterobacter aerogines
• Escherichia coli
• Gliocladium virens
• Klebsiella pneumoniae
• Mycobacterium tuberculosis
• Legionella pneumophila
• Porphyromonas gingivalis
• Proteus mirabilis
• Proteus vulgaris
• Pseudomonas aeruginosa

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Silver IonsHow safe are Silver and Agion?

• EPA
• Registered for broad range of uses including
  food contact, water contact, HVAC, building
  products, textiles, janitorial and sanitation
  products
• FDA
• Listed under the FDA Food Contact Substance
  Notification for use in all types of
  food-contact polymers under 21 CFR 176.170

• USDA
• Listed on USDA list of non-food compounds
  maintained by NSF for food processing plants
• NSF
• NSF 51 Certification for food processing/food
  service equipment
• NSF Standard 42 for water systems-carbon block
  filter systemdeemed approvable
• NSF 61 for spout-end devices (Careguard)

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Zurn Careguard Part s

• G67795        '19F' ANTI-MICROBIAL, FEMALE, 1.5
  GPM, LAMINAR FLOW OUTLET, PCA, W/ADAPTOR   
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• G67796         '19M' ANTI-MICROBIAL, MALE, 1.5
  GPM, LAMINAR FLOW OUTLET, PCA, W/ADAPTOR
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• List Price 25.50
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