Antibacterial hand wash

Occupational skin care company
Deb Group has announced the
launch of OxyBAC, which it claims is
the safest and most effective
antibacterial hand wash for use in
any food handling,
general workplace,
public facility or social
care environment
where higher standards
of hand hygiene are
required.

Greater emphasis on
germ-kill performance
has led to the
introduction of stronger
biocides and more has been
learned about the impact that the
biocidal agents used in antibacterial
soaps have on hand hygiene, human
health and the environment.

OxyBAC combines Deb Foam
Technology with Accelerated
Hydrogen Peroxide (AHP) to create
a non-ionic surfactant based richcream
foam that addresses the
concerns surrounding existing
biocidal actives. Dr John Hines, R&D
director at Deb, explains: “The active
power of OxyBAC is hydrogen
peroxide which, unlike all other
biocidal actives, has the unique
benefit of simply
breaking down into
water and oxygen after
use with no
environmental or
human toxicological
impact. Also, when
AHP comes into
contact with germs it
releases free-radicals
which act non-specifically
on multiple cell targets to kill
germs in such a manner that
prevents antibacterial resistance.”
OxyBAC is available in a perfumefree
format, which has been tested to
be non-tainting to food, as well as a
pleasantly perfumed format using
allergen-free ‘mountain mist’
fragrance.