CrestClean’s Anti-Viral Sanitiser

Product Description

Wide spectrum bactericide, fungicide and virucide. pH neutral, hard surface cleaner and sanitiser. Formulation HWS-64 (LONZA).

Registered with the US Environmental Protection Agency  as a disinfectant qualified for use against SARS-CoV-2, a coronavirus that causes COVID-19.

Active Ingredients

Didecyl dimethyl ammonium chloride 2.54% n-Alkyl (C14 50%, C12 40%, C16 10%) dimethyl benzyl ammonium chloride 1.69%

EPA Registration Number: 47371-131
Product Name: Formulation HWS-64

Formula developed and registered by: H&S Chemicals Division (LONZA).

EPA is the US Environmental Protection Agency that operates an internationally supported registry for pesticide products, including disinfectants. As part of the registration process, EPA evaluates the product efficacy to make sure the public health label claims are accurate.

On 3 March 2020 the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a list of EPA-registered disinfectant products that have qualified for use against SARS-CoV-2, the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19.

See: https://www.epa.gov/pesticide-registration/list-n-disinfectants-use-against-sars-cov-2

A multi-purpose, neutral pH, germicidal detergent and deodorant effective in hard water up to 400 ppm (calculated as CaCO3) in the presence of a moderate amount of soil (5% organic serum) according to the AOAC Use-dilution Test. Disinfects, cleans and deodorises in one labour-saving step.

US Environmental Protection Agency certificate and full specification HWS-64

Download EPA Certificate HWS 64 – PDF 780kb

Download CrestClean Anti-Viral Sanitiser Safety Data Sheet

Recommended for use in hospitals, nursing homes, schools, universities, commercial and industrial institutions, office buildings, tanning salons, veterinary clinics, animal life science laboratories, zoos, meat and poultry establishments, equine farms, pet shops, airports, kennels, hotels, motels, poultry farms, dairy farms, pig farms, breeding establishments, grooming establishments, funeral homes and households.

Disinfects, cleans, and deodorises the following hard, nonporous, inanimate surfaces: floors, walls, (non-medical) metal surfaces, (non-medical) stainless steel surfaces, glazed porcelain, plastic surfaces (such as polypropylene, polystyrene, acrylic, etc.)

Washable hard, nonporous surfaces of:

• Door knobs
• Appliances, exteriors of
• Bathroom fixtures
• Bathtubs
• Cabinets
• Cages
• Chairs
• Coils and drain pans of air conditioning and refrigeration equipment and heat pumps
• Conductive flooring
• Counters (countertops)
• Desks
• Floors
• Rubbish tins, Wheelie Bins
• Highchairs
• Kennels
• Microwave ovens (exteriors)
• Outdoor furniture
• Refrigerators, exteriors of
• Refrigerated storage and display equipment

Effective against the following Bacteria, Viruses and Fungi.
This data was prepared to support EPA registration of the formula in the USA.

Human Viruses

• SARS-CoV-2, the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19
• Human Coronavirus
• Influenza A Virus / Hong Kong
• HIV-1 (AIDS Virus)
• Hepatitis B Virus (HBV)
• Hepatitis C Virus (HCV)
• Herpes Simplex Type 1
• Herpes Simplex Type 2
• Adenovirus Type 4
• Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV)
• Rotavirus
• Rubella (German Measles)
• SARS Associated Coronavirus [SARS]
• Vaccinia virus

Emerging Viral Pathogens

This product meets the criteria to make claims against certain emerging viral pathogens from the following viral categories.

• Enveloped Viruses
• Large Non-Enveloped Viruses

Animal Viruses

• Avian polyomavirus
• Canine parvovirus – at 60 mls per litre
• Canine distemper
• Feline leukemia
• Feline picornavirus
• Infectious bovine rhinotracheitis
• Infectious bronchitis (Avian IBV)
• Pseudorabies (PRV)
• Rabies
• Transmissible Gastroenteritis virus (TGE)

Fungi

• Aspergillus niger
• Candida albicans
• Trichophyton mentagrophytes (Athlete’s foot fungus and a cause of ringworm)

Bacteria

• Pseudomonas aeruginosa1
• Staphylococcus aureus1
• Salmonella choleraesuis
• Acinetobacter calcoaceticus
• Bordetella bronchiseptica
• Chlamydia psittaci
• Enterobacter aerogenes
• Enterobacter cloacae
• Enterococcus faecalis – Vancomycin Resistant (VRE)
• Escherichia coli1
• Fusobacterium necrophorum
• Klebsiella pneumoniae1
• Legionella pneumophila
• Listeria monocytogenes
• Pasteurella multocida
• Proteus mirabilis
• Proteus vulgaris
• Salmonella enteritidis
• Salmonella typhi
• Salmonella typhimurium
• Serratia marcescens
• Shigella flexneri
• Shigella sonnei
• Staphylococcus aureus -Methicillin resistant – (MRSA)
• Staphylococcus aureus-Vancomycin Intermediate Resistant – (VISA)
• Staphylococcus epidermidis2
• Streptococcus faecalis1
• Streptococcus pyogenes ATCC & antibiotic-resistant strain antibiotic-resistant strain only