Liquid Technology Ltd

Protecting hygiene-sensitive environments from microbial attack and insect infestation continues to gain in importance as understanding grows of the health effects resulting from regular or prolonged exposure.
	In the food processing and retail industry the concern is to minimise the risk of food becoming contaminated and posing a health risk to consumers.
	In hospitals infection control teams seek to prevent the spread of MRSA which can prove fatal to patients undergoing treatment and result in considerable costs as wards must be closed and cleansed, and bedding materials destroyed.
	In the pharmaceutical and cosmetic industry ultra-clean environments are needed to ensure the integrity of the manufacturing process.
	Document storage and archive centres need to protect staff from the fungal spores arising from old documents, and ensure the effective preservation of the nation’s history.
	In the general office block concern over phenomena like Sick Building Syndrome has driven more employers to seek a means of protecting the health of their staff by installing anti-microbial air filters and coating ductwork to prevent microbial growth and dispersal to occupied areas.
	In the home and residential establishments the prevalence of the house dust mite (dermatohagoides) poses a particular risk to asthmatics. The prevalence of carpets, soft furnishings and mattresses provide the perfect habitat and food larder, with central heating and double-glazed windows creating an even more comfortable environment in which the mite and its food supply flourish. The mite diet consists of human skin scales, fungi growing on the skin, moulds, pollen grains, bacteria, plant material and household dust. It is now well established that it is the faecal material expelled by the mite that is a prime cause of asthma, an illness now considered to be the most common chronic disease of childhood. In the UK alone, the 1999-2000 National Asthma Audit concluded that one in seven children and one in 25 adults required medical treatment for asthma, amounting to over 3 million people.
	Mosquitoes and other insect infestations can pose a serious threat, particularly in hotter climates. And the prevalence and severity of asthma is not confined to the high humidity areas of the developed West. In New Mexico and Sweden, cats and dogs were found to be the prevailing factor, while other studies identified organisms such as Blattella germanica, a cockroach, as a producer of allergens capable of precipitating an asthma attack.
The microbial challenge prevalent today is a feature of improved lifestyles and modern technology. And since 1994 it has been Liquid Technology that has provided innovative solutions with Bacti-G and Allergiguard.