Impressive.

MANCHESTER, England — An antibacterial cleaning agent recently confirmed as a killer of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has now completed a successful six-month study at a leading NHS hospital which is widely regarded as the historic home of infection control.

Results from the independently supervised study using the patented biocide developed by Byotrol plc at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary showed that treatment of the high-contact surfaces such as door handles, patient contact systems, and bed rails, accounting for a small percentage of the total surfaces in a ward, resulted in a 75 percent reduction in MRSA throughout the ward where the trial was conducted against the pre-trial condition of the ward. And for several weeks of the study, MRSA was eliminated completely within the ward.

Furthermore, the number of hospital acquired cases of MRSA was seen to be 50 percent higher in the area of the ward where a conventional disinfectant was used compared to that where Byotrol was used. This was achieved as a result of Byotrol’s residual action on surfaces against microorganisms even after it has dried.

The deployment of Byotrol technology did not require any special equipment or extra resource and was incorporated into the hospital’s existing cleaning routine.

The study was staged in two ward areas with vascular surgery at Glasgow Royal Infirmary which because of the nature of conditions and patients treated had a potential for high incidence of MRSA infection. One of the wards was cleaned with Byotrol and the other with existing cleaning agents.

Let’s hope this product or it’s ingredients hit the market soon, so we have more tools to fight MRSA.