Antimicrobial Coatings Market Expected To Reach $4,520.3 Million by 2020
The global antimicrobial coatings market is expected to reach USD 4,520.3 million by 2020, according to a new study by Grand View Research Inc. Growing demand for medical device coatings is expected to remain a key market driver over the next six years. In addition increasing market penetration of indoor air quality products, mainly in the U.S. is also expected to have a positive impact on the market over the forecast period. read more...
Potential for Antimicrobial use in Green Cleaning
When we think of green cleaning, our focus is typically on the chemicals, equipment and procedures used to clean facilities. However, an effective green cleaning program starts long before we even consider chemicals, equipment or procedures. In fact, it starts before building users even walk in the door. This is because an effective way to keep buildings clean, healthy and green is with a source control strategy, and the key to this plan is the use of walk-off mats.
However, not all mats are effective. There is a difference between what are called “high-performance mats,” which are typically purchased, and “placement mats,” which are most often rented.
Building users may be walking on sidewalks, through parking lots, in streets, over landscaped areas, in public restrooms and on other surfaces that are heavily trafficked; thus, their shoes can be heavily soiled. Mats stop dust, soils, moisture, pesticides and contaminants that collect on building users’ shoe bottoms from entering the facility.
A study conducted in 2008 by Charles Gerba, PhD, a microbiologist at the University of Arizona, evaluated what types of soils may build up on shoes. According to his investigation, some of the following soils and contaminants are found on shoes: read more...
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