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Clorox: A Heritage of Safeguarding Health
Since it was introduced in 1913, Clorox® brand liquid bleach has had a long history of use in places where killing germs is critical: in hospitals, nursing homes, child-care centers, schools and restaurants. During World War I, in the days before penicillin, the lives of wounded soldiers were saved by the antibacterial properties of bleach. In the 1960s, when the first Apollo flights were heading into space, NASA used Clorox® brand bleach to decontaminate the capsules returning from orbit.
Confidence in the efficacy and impact of disinfecting bleach is why the world's leading public health agencies — the World Health Organization and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — recommend the use of bleach for controlling the spread of pathogens that can cause infections and other health threats.
Bleach is one of the most widely available, affordable disinfectants on earth, and the role it plays in public health continues to be critical.
- In protecting school children: As part of a healthy routine in school kitchens, the School Food Safety Network recommends the use of bleach for food-contact surface preparation areas to help reduce the potential for cross-contamination of food and the spread of Salmonella, E. coli and other bacteria that can make kids sick.
- In protecting patients: Each year, an estimated 1.7 million Americans contract infections while hospitalized. As many as 90,000 die. To help combat the problem, Clorox has partnered with the Association of Professionals in Infection Control on Protect Our Patients, a program to raise awareness of the steps hospital staff, patients and families can take to help protect patients in the hospital and at home. Hand washing is critical; so is disinfecting surfaces to help prevent the spread of hospital-acquired infections and other illnesses.
From the World Health Organization to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, recommendations for use of EPA-registered bleach play a central role in helping controlling the spread of germs that cause infectious illness. |
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