Biosecurity in Food Production
Application: Biosecurity procedure to treat and guard against dangerous pathogens in all concrete surfaces in food production plants, warehouses and distribution centers.
If Salmonella, Listeria, E.coli or other bacteria and pathogens have ever been on the surface of your plant’s concrete floor and walls, they are probably still resident deep within your concrete. Cleaning solvents do not penetrate concrete and will not kill these pathogens. And topical sealants will not prevent their return.
Catastrophic microbial contamination can cost your company hundreds of millions in cleanup costs and lost revenues. Damage to the brand can be devastating. To mitigate this risk, NORGANIX should be an essential component of your company’s biosecurity protocol. When applied to the concrete floors and walls in a food production facility, NORGANIX shuts down the capillary system. The pathways into and through concrete used by moisture and pathogens are closed permanently, from below as well as from above. As concrete is densified, microbes, moisture, animal fats and wastes can no longer enter the concrete. Best of all, the powerful antimicrobial agent in NORGANIX eliminates dangerous pathogens resident deep within the concrete, and prevents their return. With NORGANIX, your facility is not only bio- clean but bio-secure. Your plant will be a healthier environment for employees and customers alike. What’s not to like? Ask your facilities and engineering team to seal your foundation with NORGANIX!
Biosecurity in Food Service
Application: Biosecurity procedure to treat and guard against dangerous pathogens in concrete floors, walls and countertops and in tile floors and walls that utilize mortar in food service operations.
Concrete is porous and prone to contamination. Moisture, oils, animal fats and blood all penetrate concrete and mortar. Worse yet, if Salmonella, Listeria, E.coli, Legionella or other pathogens have ever been on the surfaces in your kitchen or storage areas, they are probably still there. Cleaning solvents do not penetrate concrete and thus will not eliminate these pathogens.
Microbial contamination can have catastrophic impact upon your company’s revenue stream and brand equity. For this reason alone, NORGANIX should serve as an essential component of your company’s bio-security security procedures. When applied to concrete and tile floors and walls in a food service facility, NORGANIX closes down the capillary system and seals concrete and mortar shut. The pathways used by moisture and bacteria are thus closed, with access denied from below and above. Ideally, NORGANIX is applied directly to the concrete foundation under tile prior to its being applied, but tile and concrete can be treated at any time. With NORGANIX, the biosecurity of your food service operations are greatly enhanced, thereby producing a safer environment for customers and employees alike. Ask your bio-security team to authorize use of NORGANIX!
Flood Disaster Recovery
Application: Disaster remediation of the basement or foundation of your home or business after a flood or ruptured water pipe.
When a basement or foundation is flooded, moisture, chemicals, oils and dangerous pathogens infiltrate concrete. Soon thereafter comes mold and mildew and respiratory ailments. Once concrete is super-saturated, cracking is likely to increase. Unless these contaminants are purged, and the microbes eliminated, the problems will continue long after the surface is dried—because the problem is within.
Siphoning away standing water is the first step in disaster recovery. Too often, the air drying of desiccation is the only subsequent step taken. Unless specifically treated, the problems of microbial and chemical contaminants will continue long after the surface is dried. When applied to concrete floors and walls, NORGANIX alleviates these problems. Because it blocks the capillary system, the microscopic pathways into and through concrete are permanently closed, from below as well as from above. Water ingress is thus inhibited, so the structural integrity of your foundation is secured. Better yet, NORGANIX actively purges chemical and oil contaminants from the concrete. Best of all, the powerful antimicrobial in NORGANIX neutralizes pathogens resident deep within concrete—so that the mold, mildew, and toxins and their associated health risks are eliminated. With NORGANIX, your basement or foundation can be restored to the dry, healthy environment it once was. When disaster strikes, protect your investment. Treat your basement with NORGANIX!
Biosecurity in Healthcare
Application: Biosecurity procedure to eliminate deadly pathogens in concrete surfaces in hospitals and healthcare institutions. This includes not only front-entrance drives and rear-entrance docks that are typically concrete, but more importantly it includes the mortar that separates the ubiquitous ceramic tiles in surgical suites and patient rooms--after all, mortar is concrete.
Microbes are commonly found in hospital and healthcare rooms where sterile conditions are essential and biosecurity standards are paramount. Because they are present in the rooms, they are likely also resident deep within the underlying mortar used to secure ceramic tiles on floors and walls. The pathogens in question are actually exacerbated by normal surface cleaning processes, which use water to sweep contaminants away. In truth, the water sweeps the microbes into the grooves between the tiles, where it quickly seeps into the concrete-based mortar. Unfortunately, even the most rigorous biosecurity processes will not eliminate these entrenched deadly pathogens. Typical cleaning solvents do not penetrate concrete and will not kill the pathogens. These surviving pathogens can then return to the surface of the tile, putting patients at greater risk.
Healthcare facilities have rarely been more severely tested than during the 2020 Coronavirus pandemic. Especially in major cities, hospital rooms have been turned over at a accelerated pace. With this expedience comes the risk of inadequate biosecurity protocols. NORGANIX can play an important role in maintaining the essential bio-secure conditions, and warrants use across the entire healthcare industry.
Biosecurity in Reinforced Concrete Pipe
Application: Reinforced Concrete Pipe
Reinforced concrete pipe is an ideal technique for liquid transmission applications, but it can be made even better! Open capillaries within the concrete are the transport mechanism that allow penetration of moisture, chemicals, corrosive chlorides, and microbial contaminants into the pipe itself. This leads to freeze/thaw cycles and cracking, and soon thereafter, even the corrosion of the steel reinforcement. The problem is: all concrete has open capillaries—that is, unless these pathways have been closed down.
In order to maximize the life and performance of reinforced concrete pipe, you need to close down this open capillary system permanently. If untreated, these pathways enable water ingress, which is the root cause of destructive freeze/thaw cycles. Worse yet, corrosive acids and chlorides can reach the steel rebar, which begins to rust and diminish in tensile strength. And since rust expands, new forces for cracking emerge from within the pipe. NORGANIX protects reinforced concrete pipe. It is an integral sealant that can penetrate as much as 8 inches into concrete, where it creates a colloidal silicate barrier that permanently shuts down the open capillaries through which water, oxygen and chlorides penetrate the interior of the concrete pipe. It also enhances the bond between the concrete itself and the reinforcing steel rebar in new pipe. Concrete pipe fortified with NORGANIX performs at even higher-levels and attains an even longer effective life. What’s not to like?
Biosecurity in Mold Remediation
Application: Mold remediation in the basement or slab of your home or business.
Water passes through concrete like a sponge. With it comes mold and mildew. Colonies of mold can produce enough spores and by-products (mycotoxins) to be harmful to health, causing irritation to the skin, eyes and respiratory tracts. Worse yet, some molds can be fatal. Mold also causes staining and rotting of materials, which puts the value of your home at risk.
According to research, 98% of all sub-surface basement and foundation areas leak at some point in their life. When it does, mold and mildew ensue. It is relatively easy to treat mold on the surface of concrete, but mold spores can penetrate deep within concrete where they are out of reach of disinfectants and bleaches? Such treatments merely “wash and wax” the mold. Worse yet, traditional remediation practices are too often content to “wet vac” and “air dry” infected concrete. This is no solution! As dampness inevitably returns, is it any surprise that mold contamination resurfaces with it? However, when NORGANIX is applied to concrete floors and walls it pulls a powerful antimicrobial deep within concrete and eliminates the mold and mildew. Mold is not merely desiccated (dried), it is decimated! Best of all, because NORGANIX shuts down the capillary system the pathways into and through concrete are closed permanently, and thus creates a barrier to water and mold spores. Ask your mold remediation company to treat your basement, slab or foundation with NORGANIX!
Biosecurity in Hospitality
Application: Biosecurity procedure for use in tile floors and walls in hotel and health club restrooms and guest bathrooms.
Ease of maintenance is why decorative tile is the top choice for surfaces in hospitality restrooms and guest baths. However, the quickset mortar or grout used to install tile is made of concrete--which is porous and prone to contamination. Moisture, microbes and mold all penetrate mortar where they are out of reach of solvents. When this happens, an outbreak of diseases can spread person-to-person among your guests.
Once discolored by mold or bacterial colonies, original grout will never regain its original color. Worse yet, dangerous pathogens—such as Salmonella, E.coli, Legionella, Staphylococcus, Pseudomonas and even black mold—can take up residence. Grout can be replaced, but not without great cost. Even then, the microbes that destroyed the grout will have spread to the quickset beneath the tile and perhaps even into the concrete substrate below. Once there, microbes thrive, only to resurface later to replay the destructive effects. When applied to tile, NORGANIX eliminates microbes within the mortar, then shuts down the capillary system in the mortar to prevent their return. By this action, NORGANIX seals out moisture and inhibits the microbes and mold that threaten the health of your guests. Treated with NORGANIX, the decorative tile installations in your restrooms and guest baths will be part of a safe and biosecure environment. And your guests will breathe easier.
Biosecurity in Education
Application: Biosecurity procedure to treat and guard against dangerous pathogens in all concrete, plaster and tile floors and walls in school and university restrooms, locker rooms, kitchens, classrooms and hallways.
The EPA estimates that half of all schools have indoor air as much as 100 times more polluted than outdoor air. Mold and bacteria, such as Salmonella, Listeria, E.coli, Legionella, Staphylococcus, Streptococus are a continuous problem causing increasing public health concerns nationwide.
Our nation’s 120,000 schools house four times as many occupants per square foot as office buildings. The 54 million children hosted in these schools are uniquely vulnerable to toxins. They breathe more air and consume more fluids and food than adults. Their young immune systems are more vulnerable to environmental contaminants. NORGANIX can serve as an essential component of your school’s biosecurity program. Concrete, plaster and mortar are porous and prone to contamination. When applied to floors and walls in school buildings, NORGANIX closes down the capillary system and the pathways used by moisture and microbes are closed down for good. Best of all, NORGANIX eliminates most dangerous pathogens—including Gram-positive, Gram-negative and spore-forming microbes (like mold and mildew)—that thrive deep within concrete and mortar, and prevents their return. With NORGANIX, the biosecurity of your school facility is greatly enhanced, thereby producing a healthier environment for students and teachers alike.
Biosecurity in Concrete Homes
Application: Biosecurity procedure for use in concrete homes and buildings.
Moisture, microbes, and gasses penetrate concrete like a sponge. Moisture penetrates concrete through the open capillary system and brings with it bacteria, mold, and mildew. These pathogens in turn lead to unpleasant odors, or worse, respiratory ailments. Just because you finish out your basement and concrete walls does not mean these problems will not occur.
When applied to the concrete floors in a basement foundation, or in the vertical concrete walls of a concrete home, NORGANIX controls or alleviates these problems. Because NORGANIX shuts down the capillary system, moisture and hazardous gasses cannot traverse the concrete. The elimination of radon gas and the protection it affords your family is in itself a compelling reason to use NORGANIX. Simply stated, NORGANIX permanently closes the avenues of mobility through concrete—from below and outside as well as from above. This improves the R-factor of the concrete by 20% to reduce energy costs further. NORGANIX precludes water ingress, and thus prevents the expansion and contraction that comes from thermal variation, so the structural integrity of your concrete is enhanced. Because NORGANIX also eliminates pathogens resident within the concrete, the mold and mildew and associated health risks to your family are greatly reduced. With NORGANIX, your concrete home starts dry, and remains dry. Your home will be a cleaner, greener, and healthier environment in which to live, and it will be less expensive to maintain and easier to sell. Ask your builder to seal your foundation with NORGANIX.