An apparatus for use in a method of decontaminating a device including a tray. A membrane permeable by a decontaminating fluid is positioned over the top of the tray to form an enclosed space. A lid is secured to the tray and the membrane is positioned between the tray and the lid. A hub assembly is positioned within the tray.

An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for dry fogging system. The system includes a first liquid tank including compressed air and a first liquid configured to disinfect and sterilize. The system further includes a second liquid tank including a second liquid. The system further includes a control panel configured to regulate dispensing of the first liquid and the second liquid. The first liquid tank, the second liquid tank, and the control panel are modular and configured to detach.

This disclosure is directed to methods of using compositions comprising protocatechuic acid (PCA) to kill virus including a Covid-19 virus. The compositions generally comprise protocatechuic acid, a liquid vehicle, and a stabilizer. In embodiments, the liquid vehicle comprises an alcohol and/or water. In preferred embodiments, the oil is an essential oil. In embodiments, the compositions may comprise principally protocatechuic acid, liquid vehicle, and stabilizer as the main ingredients. The compositions may be sprayed onto various products and articles of manufacture, and mammalian and human skin, to kill virus including a Covid-19 virus and to further protect the product or human skin for a period of time up to 24 hours or more. In preferred embodiments, an alcohol component kills virus on contact, and after drying, the residual surface PCA coating provides a continuing anti-viral function.

A droplet bandpass filter and method of modifying droplet size distribution of a population of droplets suspended in a gas. Droplets suspended in a gas are flowed through a bandpass filter having a tortuous pathway which comprises at least one impactor region located at a position adjacent to a flow direction change. Larger droplets impact at the impactor region while smaller droplets remain suspended in the gas and flow in the first output direction. Other flow restrictors may advantageously be included in the tortuous pathway. The filter is particularly useful in delivering sterilant aerosols (e.g. peroxides) with reduced populations of large droplets.

An object of the present invention is to provide a composition having excellent antiviral activity. Another object of the present invention is to provide a spray and a wiper that use the above composition.

An alkaline composition according to an embodiment of the present invention contains a compound having an amino group and at least one kind of functional group selected from the group consisting of an acidic group, a hydroxyl group, and a phenyl group and having a molecular weight equal to or higher than 85, and a solvent containing an alcohol.

Sanitizing cleaning/rinse aid compositions for various applications including institutional machine warewash sanitizing are disclosed. In particular, concentrated and use compositions, such as concentrated liquid rinse aid compositions or ware wash detergents, employing an amine-based surfactant and a defoaming agent are disclosed. In particular, the present disclosure provides compositions and methods for providing a sanitizing rinse with desired antimicrobial efficacy against a broad spectrum of gram-negative microbes, suitable foaming profiles, and beneficial applications of use of the same.

An apparatus that disinfects hand-held devices has a sealed interior disinfecting chamber designed to fit handheld devices of various sizes and surround them with disinfectant in a gaseous state. The base of the interior chamber has vertically disposed pegs of equal height that serve as an aerated pedestal on which to place a handheld device to allow gas to circulate beneath and around it. A fan evaporates disinfectant from the sealed chamber prior to unsealing the chamber.

The invention relates to a new highly effective surface disinfecting composition which works under Annex 1 of the biocidal regulation, which means that it is safe for humans and for the environment.

An object is to provide an excrement treatment agent, which can suppress not only the odor of feces but also the ammonia odor in various environments. An excrement treatment agent, comprising limonite, lignin and bentonite, wherein, when further comprising slaked lime, the amount of the slaked lime is 10 mass % or less.

One aspect of the present disclosure can include a thermoresponsive nanocomposite for disrupting or preventing biofilm formation. The nanocomposite can include at least one polymer, one or more D-amino acids, and one or more energy-actuatable particles. The nanocomposite can have a first viscosity at about room temperature and, when exposed to about physiological temperature, obtains a second viscosity that is greater than the first viscosity. Application of energy to the nanocomposite from an energy source can excite the one or more energy-actuatable particles to cause localized heat release from the nanocomposite.