Cinta Sept against enveloped viruses, bacteria and yeasts – finally a disinfection in dry cleaning

27.05.2021

Kreussler Textile Care launches the disinfecting solvent additive Cinta Sept to fight bacteria, yeasts and enveloped viruses like coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 and its mutants. Cinta Sept is easily usable in the leading solvents in distilling cleaning machines: SOLVONK4, perchloroethylene, hydrocarbons, intense® and SENSENE™. It shows proven limited virucidal activity, meaning that it deactivates enveloped viruses like coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 and its mutants if properly used.


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Cinta Sept against enveloped viruses like SARS-CoV-2, bacteria and yeasts

By adding Cinta Sept, textiles can be freed from enveloped viruses, bacteria and yeasts quickly and gently, protecting fibers and colours. Cinta Sept is notified as a biocide in the UK as well as in Germany, other countries will follow. It is dermatest certified as “excellent”.

The product has an extraordinary development history: Since there are no standards or specifications in the area of disinfection in solvents to date, three of the leading solution providers – Kreussler Textile Care, BÜFA and SEITZ – decided to jointly develop an additive with antimicrobial effectiveness, supported by industry associations and machine manufacturers. Based on the final formulation, each company developed its own product.

The effectiveness of the newly developed solution against enveloped viruses, bacteria and yeasts was determined by an independent, accredited laboratory in accordance with European standards EN 14476:2019 (limited virucidal activity = effective against enveloped viruses such as SARS-CoV-2), EN 1276 and EN 13727 (bactericidal = effective against bacteria) and EN 1650 and EN 13624 (levurocide = effective against yeasts). All active ingredients used are approved for use in disinfectants for textile cleaning and are on the so-called Article 95 list of the European Biocidal Products Regulation.

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