WHY PROTECTIVE CLOTHING
Because textiles are an infection and transmission risk
- Textiles provide a large hosting surface area for bacteria and viruses, benefiting their carryover.
- Viruses and bacteria can remain active on textile surfaces from days to months
- Human coronavirus (SARS-CoV) can persist for up to 2 days on surgical gowns at room temperature
In light of the global pandemic due to COVID-19, consumers are showing the trend to seek health protecting products, and that includes protective clothing. The novel coronavirus spreads through droplets and aerosols from person to person. 2 Everyday we walk through micro droplets of residual sneezes and coughs. The aerosol droplets stay suspended for hours in the air we breathe, and attach to our clothing, hands and faces, which expose us to routes of viral ingestion.
Study shows that SARS-CoV, a similar virus to SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19) can survive 2 days on a textile surface. While there hasn’t been such complete study on SARS-CoV-2 yet, one cannot rule out the same persistence of this virus on textiles.
So you might be bringing the virus home on your textile or your face mask, and there’s always a risk that you touch the textile and then don’t wash your hands properly before you change your outdoor clothing to indoor clothing, for instance. Then, there’s always the risk that you’ll touch your face and get infected that way.
That’s exactly the risk that we want to mitigate. We want to make the textile surface such that the virus and bacteria are deactivated immediately in a short time – and we’re talking minutes.
HeiQ Viroblock NPJ03 is an intelligent Swiss textile technology that is added to the fabric during the final stage of the textile manufacturing process.
Textiles treated with HeiQ Viroblock NPJ03 Swiss Technology:
- Actively inhibit viruses and kill bacteria upon contact.
- Help to minimize the potential for re-transmission of pathogens from textiles.
ADVANCED SILVER & VESICLE TECHNOLOGY
It is a unique combination of HeiQ’s advanced silver technology and a vesicle technology as a booster. Silver admits silver-ions to inhibit bacteria on the fabric surface. The silver technology attracts the oppositely charged viruses and binds permanently to their sulfur groups. Subsequently, the fatty spherical vesicle technology (Liposomes) helps to deplete the viral membrane of its cholesterol content in minutes. The vesicle technology depletes the viral membrane thus silver can work more efficiently and rapidly to attack the core of the virus. The vesicle rapidly destroys the virus through a physical contact mechanism (cholesterol sink).
EFFECTIVE IN MINUTES
HeiQ Viroblock’s rapid mode of action makes this technology one-of-a-kind to destroy harmful enveloped viruses. Residual virus infectivity tested according to a modified ISO 20743 method, rapid antiviral effect demonstrated within 2-5 minutes*.
LONG LASTING SAFETY EVEN AFTER MULTIPLE WASHES
For washable fabrics: Lasts at least 30 gentle washes at 40°C (104°F)1; therefore, it is suggested to keep track of the number of washes done.
HEIQ VIROBLOCK TECHNOLOGY IS TESTED EFFECTIVE AGAINST Sars-CoV-2 (COVID-19 causing virus)
- HeiQ Viroblock NPJ03 has been tested effective 99.99% in 30 minutes against SARS-CoV-2, the COVID-19 causing virus.*
- Residual virus infectivity tested according to a modified ISO 20743 method (Sendai virus), rapid antiviral effect demonstrated within 2-5 minutes.
- Tested according to ISO 18184 as strong antiviral and ISO 20743 as strong antibacterial against enveloped viruses and bacteria.
- Certified as safe and sustainable as all its ingredients are cosmetic grade, bio-based (72% bio-based carbon)(4) and recycled.
- EU REACH and US FIFRA compliant, OEKOTEX® certified, ZDHC and bluesign® homologized.
- Treated textile articles are compliant with EU BPR and US EPA.
- Hypoallergenic, provides a self-sanitizing and germ resistant surface.
- Patent pending antiviral and antibacterial technology.
- Strong antiviral and antibacterial effect against enveloped viruses (including coronaviruses) and bacteria.
- Regulatory coverage: EU REACH compliant, main ingredient registered with US TSCA and US EPA
