BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., Jan. 09, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- TOMI Environmental Solutions, Inc. (“TOMI”) (OTCQX:TOMZ),
a global decontamination company that specializes in disinfection/decontamination sales and services, including SteraMist™, a
hydrogen peroxide-based mist/fog registered with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) for use as a hospital-healthcare
disinfectant, announced inclusion of the article “Review of Necessary Practices for EPA Submission of a Hospital Disinfectant Using
Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) Disinfectant Study Summaries of TOMI’s SteraMist™ BIT™ Disinfection System” in the Journal of The
Association for Biosafety and Biosecurity (ABSA) International 2017, Vol. 22 (4) 172-180. The paper provides the first peer
reviewed efficacy data for multidrug resistant organisms (MDRO’s) combining equipment and solution.
The GLP paper, authored by Helene Paxton, MS, MT (ASCP), PhD, CIC, Infection Preventionist, details the stringent processes and
safety requirements required by the EPA in order for all disinfectants and pesticides to be marketed for use in United States.
The paper discusses the efficacy of the required log kill and other stated EPA criteria in which TOMI’s SteraMist™ systems was
required to show efficacy to establish a claim in the killing of bacteria, bacteria spores and the inactivating of viruses.
The paper shows efficacy for Staphylococcus aureus, MRSA, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Influenza A flu virus (h1n1),
Clostridium difficile or C. difficile spores, Salmonella enterica, Geobacillus stearothermophilus, Mycobacterium
bovis, and Norovirus, a very contagious stomach and intestinal virus.
Dr. Paxton further discusses the plasma science behind TOMI’s SteraMist™ technology, the hydroxyl radical produced by TOMI’s
novel technology which is its primary pathogen-killing agent, and the two equipment technology delivery systems that TOMI currently
has on the commercial market. These nine pathogens reviewed in the paper include gram positive bacterium including spore forming,
gram negative bacteria, virus species and mycobacterium.
Dr. Halden Shane, TOMI CEO, has stated, “We are very pleased to have this paper appear in such a well-respected international
publication. It’s important that end-users understand the rigorous EPA registration process our products went through in order to
secure our hospital-healthcare disinfectant label for foggers and misting agents and it further demonstrates the validity of our
efficacy claims.”
About TOMI Environmental Solutions, Inc.
TOMI Environmental Solutions, Inc. (OTCQX:TOMZ) is a global decontamination and infection prevention company, providing
environmental solutions for indoor surface disinfection through manufacturing, sales and licensing of its premier Binary Ionization
Technology® (BIT™) platform, which was invented under a defense grant in association with the Defense Advanced Research Projects
Agency (DARPA) of the U.S. Department of Defense. BIT™ uses a low percentage Hydrogen Peroxide as its only active ingredient to
produce a hydroxyl radical (OH ion), represented by the TOMI™ SteraMist™ brand of products, which produces a germ-killing aerosol
that works like a visual non-caustic gas.
TOMI’s products are designed to service a broad spectrum of commercial structures including but not limited to
hospitals and medical facilities, cruise ships, office buildings, hotel and motel rooms, schools, restaurants, meat and produce
processing facilities (when not in operation), military barracks, police and fire departments, and athletic facilities. TOMI’s
products and services have also been used in single-family homes and multi-unit residences.
TOMI also develops training programs and application protocols for its clients and is a member in good standing
of The American Biological Safety Association, The American Association of Tissue Banks, Association for Professionals in Infection
Control and Epidemiology, Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America and The Restoration Industry Association.
For additional information, please visit http://www.tomimist.com/ or contact us at info@tomimist.com.
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