Germgard's Ultra-Fast Hand Hygiene Solution Protects Against Deadly MRSA, C difficile,...

Germgard's Ultra-Fast Hand Hygiene Solution Protects Against Deadly MRSA, C
difficile, and Influenza Virus

DOVER, N.J., April 29 /PRNewswire/ -- In an effort to provide technology to
reduce healthcare-associated infections, Germgard Lighting LLC, a New
Jersey-based early-phase medical device company, has demonstrated its patented
ultra-fast (~1 second) hand hygiene solution. The solution is designed to
protect hospital patients and medical professionals from exposure to
dangerous, life-threatening pathogens in healthcare facilities. It enables
effective, frequent and instantaneous hygiene practice at the immediate point
of care.

Germgard provides the solution for the philosophy enunciated by The Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention, which has produced an infection prevention
video to be shown to patients entering the hospital. The goal of the video is
to teach patients to demand effective hand hygiene from healthcare workers and
doctors, who will take care of them during their stay, as well as visitors so
that the patient is not exposed to pathogens leading to an infection.

The message of the video is "Demand that doctors, healthcare workers, and all
visitors wash their hands or use alcohol rub each and every time they are
about to touch you or your surround," summarizes Germgard CEO Dr. Eugene I.
Gordon. He adds, "It warns that hands are contaminated by every surface they
touch in the room and inevitably will transfer pathogens to the patient unless
the hands are sanitized just before touching the patient."

The Germgard philosophy has been that although the goal is obvious and sound
there is no practical way a doctor and healthcare worker can spend 30 seconds
or more sanitizing their hands each and every time they must touch the
patient. That would add many minutes to the time with each patient and that is
prohibitive. Moreover, the skin of the hand would get irritated from so much
hand-washing or use of alcohol rubs.

Gordon emphasizes, "The CDC is correct about the cause of hospital acquired
infections, but they recommend a solution that is not practicable."

Germgard's unique solution for hand hygiene will resolve the persistent issues
of speed, efficacy, and skin irritation that have long plagued hand hygiene
practice in hospitals and clinics, and placed at risk millions of patients as
well as the financial well-being of healthcare. It will also find applications
in schools and food service establishments.

Germgard Lighting LLC is funded by and located in a NJ Commission on Science
and Technology supported innovation incubator on the campus of the U.S. Army
Picatinny Arsenal. Its technology pipeline enables a multi-tiered approach to
infection prevention that includes cost-effective bare and gloved hand
sanitation, medical instrument sterilization, surface cleaning, and air
sterilization.

Media Contact:

Peter Gordon, VP of Marketing, Germgard Lighting LLC
(Phone) 973-607-1538
(FAX) 973-607-1543
(e-mail) pgordon@germgardlighting.com

(Website) http://www.germgardlighting.com

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SOURCE Germgard Lighting LLC

Peter Gordon, VP of Marketing of Germgard Lighting LLC, +1-973-607-1538, or
Fax, +1-973-607-1543, pgordon@germgardlighting.com