Contagion Containment
31st Oct 2011
Why a ground-breaking ingredient could prevent art becoming reality
Film-goers who watch the deadly disease thriller-movie Contagion when it opens in the UK on October 21st will be extra careful to ensure they wash and sanitize their hands after they leave the cinema. But they could be wasting their time; as research has shown that traditional hygiene products like alcohol hand gels would be useless at containing a virus like the one in the film. Fortunately, help is at hand through a ground-breaking ingredient called Byotrol, which kills bugs quickly and keeps protecting against them returning for hours.
The critically acclaimed blockbuster, directed by Steven Soderburgh and starring Gwyneth Paltrow, Matt Damon, Kate Winslet and Jude Law tells the story of a race to contain a lethal virus that is threatening the whole planet. The virus is transmitted by touch and reality could easily imitate art, according to independent experts.
Byotrol inventor and top micro-biologist Stephen Falder, explains: “The public relies on cleaning products and hand sanitising gels to keep their families safe. However, recent independent research has shattered public myth by proving traditional cleaning products, such as bleach and alcohol-based hand gels, stop working as soon as they dry. This allows bacteria and viruses to grow back and multiply on surfaces within minutes of them being cleaned.”
Products containing Byotrol are different. After it has dried, Byotrol leaves an invisible barrier which not only kills 99.9% of germs, but continues to work, keeping bugs at bay for up to 24 hours.
Falder continues: “No matter how thoroughly people wash and sanitize, they could easily carry and transmit a virus like the one featured in Contagion. If they used a product containing Byotrol, they would not.
“Byotrol leads the hygiene revolution. It is a lot smarter than any hygiene technology we know because it’s more effective, gentler and it carries on working long after it’s dried. Byotrol works by targeting microbes like bacteria and viruses at a microscopic level, which is lethal for them, but harmless to us, our pets, plants and even clothes. It leaves a microscopic invisible barrier which is like a bed of nails to microbes, but like a velvet cushion to us.
“While I really hope that Contagion does not become a reality, I’m really confident that using a Byotrol product will help prevent its spread more effectively than a traditional hygiene product”.
As well as its use for hand hygiene, Byotrol is also used to disinfect and protect surfaces at home, in hospitals and food factories. A 51-week study at the Manchester Royal Infirmary showed that Byotrol was over 30 per cent more effective than bleach in reducing MRSA. Also Monroe Hospital in Indiana USA has not had single case of hospital-acquired infections since using Byotrol throughout the hospital, from hand hygiene to high contact surfaces. Byotrol has also been proved to kill the Swine Flu virus H1N1 in 15 seconds.
As the nation braces itself for another Flu epidemic, Professor Curtis Gemmell, Professor of Bacterial Infection, St. Andrews University concludes: "The scientific evidence proves that Byotrol products mark a step-change in the fight against flu pandemics. The broad-spectrum performance and long-lasting nature of the product, combined with its safety, means that Byotrol hygiene products have the potential to revolutionise the way we deal with swine flu, avian flu and hospital superbugs.”
Byotrol is now available in products from Boots and Tesco.