Herrin Enterprises Introduces The Bio-Shield Method, an Affordable, Green Cleaning Method for Workplace Infection Control

Announces The Bio-Shield Challenge, a Free Evaluation of Any Workplace in the Upper Valley of NH and VT

Plainfield, NH (Vocus) August 17, 2010

Herrin Enterprises, a facilities-cleaning company that has served residential and commercial customers in the Upper Valley of New Hampshire and Vermont since 1985, today announced The Bio-Shield Method, an affordable, biological-based (green) cleaning method for workplace infection control. The Bio-Shield Method uses a combination of new technology and traditional technology to scientifically reduce infection levels and the risk of cross-contamination in the workplace.

The Bio-Shield Method is designed to augment, not replace, existing janitorial cleaning services. After adding Bio-Shield to their existing janitorial service, most facilities will pay more or less the same amount as for janitorial services alone, because Bio-Shield reduces the cost of janitorial supplies and other costs.

Herrin Enterprises also today announced The Bio-Shield Challenge, under which the company, at no charge, will test the infection levels in any Upper Valley business.

"Janitorial cleaning methods do a good job at making a facility look good and smell good," said Rodd Herrin, founder, owner and president of Herrin Enterprises. "But they don’t clean deep enough into the dirt to kill all the germs* in those places that everyone touches, like door handles, light switches, telephones, and computer keyboards. These cross-contamination ‘hot spots’ are the places where employees and customers pick up illnesses. The Bio-Shield Method concentrates on these hot spots and makes the workplace a lot healthier, at low cost or no additional cost."

To demonstrate the dangers of hot spots, the company recently performed a secret field test in the public areas at a major hospital. They tested five hot spots at random. Only one passed; the other four were several times higher than the maximum safe levels.

"Most businesses – even those with diligent cleaning programs – are unaware of the real risks in their environments. That’s why we are challenging them to find out by offering them free testing," said Rodd Herrin.

The Bio-Shield Method

The Bio-Shield Method consists of four steps:

Test: Conduct on-site tests of surface cleanliness using adenosine triphosphate (ATP).

Demonstrate: Monitor and report on surface cleanliness using ongoing testing and data compilation.

Improve: Strengthen the existing cleaning methods by (1) steam-cleaning surfaces on-site; (2) immersion-cleaning portable items (for example, keyboards) off-site; and (3) applying BioShield 75®, a patented biostatic inhibitor that kills microbes for up to 90 days, even while additional dirt is accumulating (most disinfectants don’t even last one hour).

Regulate: Tailor a solution for regulating and maintaining a bio-safe environment, based on the workplace’s characteristics, traffic and hot spots.

The Bio-Shield Method can disinfect and protect virtually any surface or object, from telephones, electronic keyboards, hospital bedside remotes, wheelchairs and other portable objects, to furniture, stadium seats and shelving, to sports equipment, bedding and daycare toys. These hot spots often carry infection levels that are far higher than the maximum safe levels, the company said.

The Bio-Shield Method serves the needs of several markets: manufacturing, retail, hospitality, healthcare, entertainment, sports, education, and day care centers – as well as any office environment.

"Keene Medical Products has had the carry cases for our rental equipment and the very soiled wheelchairs cleaned using Herrin Enterprises’ Bio-Shield Method for the past few years," said Michael Richardson, service department manager for Keene Medical Products, Inc., of Lebanon, NH. "Both look new once they have been cleaned, and the Bio-Shield methods used enhance our Infection Control Program."

"I would like to thank Herrin Enterprises for being able to work around the student schedule here at Dartmouth," said Bernard Haskell, assistant director of residential operations at Dartmouth College in Hanover, NH. "You have offered professional advice that has helped on campus."

Take the Bio-Shield Challenge
The Bio-Shield Challenge is a program of free on-site testing for Upper Valley (NH and VT) workplaces – companies, non-profit organizations, and government facilities. On request, Herrin Enterprises will visit the workplace, test up to 15 surfaces, and report and explain the findings. To take advantage of The Bio-Shield Challenge, telephone 603-709-7021 and set up an appointment. All test results are confidential.

Rodd Herrin said: "Bio-Shield is a very personal mission for me. I know it can help businesses get to a safer, cleaner work environment by making only minor adjustments to current cleaning methods. We want to help them get there."

About Herrin Enterprises
Herrin Enterprises is a fast-paced company that uses the latest technology and methods to deep-clean businesses, health-care facilities, schools and public facilities. Herrin Enterprises goes where the germs are, giving its customers peace of mind that their facilities are not just superficially clean, but really clean. Herrin Enterprises invented The Bio-Shield Method, the affordable, green cleaning method for workplace infection control. The company is also the exclusive distributor for the BioShield 75® long-term antimicrobial preventative in New England and New York. Since opening its doors in 1985, Herrin Enterprises has grown from a husband-and-wife home-and-office-cleaning company, to a company large enough to serve homeowners and companies of all sizes in the Upper Valley of New Hampshire and Vermont.

*Microbes, including bacteria, viruses, algae and mold.

Contacts: Damon Jenkins, Technical Consultant and Senior Advisor, Herrin Enterprises, djenkins(at)mybio-shield(dot)com, (603) 709-7021 or Janice Brown, Janice Brown & Associates, Inc., jbrown(at)janicebrown(dot)com, (603) 764-5800

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