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Is Oxine®
more expensive to use than my
current disinfectant?
In most situations the answer is NO.
When you buy a gallon of Oxine®
(AH) the highest concentration used
for disinfection is 500 ppm. This
means that each gallon of Oxine®
(AH) will make 40 gallons of final
solution to be used. Using this as
the high end usage, each gallon of
final use solution will cost between
254 and 354 at retail price. Lower
use concentrations for bacteria and
fungi cost approximately 104 per use
gallon. |
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2) |
Is Oxine®
a registered product that is
approved to use in my facility?
Oxine®
(AH) is an EPA registered product
and has twenty-three pages of
approvals for use in industries such
as animal health, food processing,
medical facilities and airlines.
Oxine®
(AH) also has approvals from FDA as
well as USDA, and BCI continues to
add new approvals periodically. |
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3) |
If Oxine®
is so good, then why am I just now
hearing about it?
Bio-Cide International, Inc. has
been manufacturing Oxine®
(AH) for over twenty-six years. The
primary use of Oxine®
(AH) has been in food processing. In
order to achieve the registrations
and approvals required to provide
Oxine®
(AH), BCI has spent the past several
years pursuing the testing results
to maintain registrations on its
products. Now that much of that is
complete, new markets once neglected
are being looked at again. |
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4) |
What about the safety aspects of
Oxine®,
should I be afraid of it?
On the label there is a single word
statement that is required of all
registered anti-microbial products.
In order to determine which word
must be listed EPA considers the
toxicity and safety of the product
and places it into a category. There
are four categories, and the safest
is that of number four. Category one
requires a "Dangerous" and category
two the word "Warning" while
categories three and four only need
the "Caution" statement. Oxine®
is considered a category three
product and is only required to use
the "Caution" on its label. |
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5) |
Is Oxine®
effective against the PRRS virus?
Oxine®
has shown to be 100% virucidal
against the PRRS virus in a recent
test conducted at a USDA facility in
Iowa. Other viruses tested are
African Swine Fever, Newcastle
Disease, Foot and Mouth Disease and
Canine Parvovirus. While no complete
list of efficacy can be performed by
any company, Oxine®
has always produced superior kills
against every organism it has been
tested against. |