Electrostatic Air Filter Technology
Spray Disinfection, in recent developments, is included in janitorial technology and can help you and your team do more in less time. One of the most excellent productivity-enhancing tools to help you and your staff is Electrostatic Technology.
Utilizing Electrostatic Technology in your cleaning program can reduce the time spent disinfecting, allowing your staff to work on other essential cleaning efforts.
This technology is most effective when disinfecting large spaces, making it a good option for schools, healthcare settings, restrooms, cafeterias, and other community spaces in your facility. Did you know that it can disinfect small crevices and other hard-to-reach areas that are otherwise overlooked, leaving germs to multiply and spread?
What is Electrostatic Technology?
Electrostatic Technology or Spray Disinfection is spraying positively charged liquid onto negatively charged surfaces. The positively charged particles are attracted to the characters leading to an even spread and adherence to the surface.
Due to the charge of the droplets, they can wrap around hard-to-reach objects even if they are only sprayed from one side.
Electrostatic technology can be used for:
- Chemical disinfection
- Paint application
- Filtration systems
- And more…
What Is Electrostatic Disinfection?
Electrostatic Disinfection is spraying positively or negatively charged disinfectant onto surfaces and objects. It is beneficial, given its 360-degree coverage.
How Does Electrostatic Disinfection Work?
Electrostatic Disinfectant sprayers are filled with disinfectant. When sprayed, the disinfectant is positively charged and released through the spray nozzle. The disinfectant droplets then attach to surfaces and objects which are negatively charged.
What are the benefits of using electrostatic technology?
1. Enhanced Coverage
Electrostatic technology can be used to reach spots that are traditionally difficult to disinfect by hand.
Because liquid comes out in smaller droplets, they can be dispersed in areas that are hard to reach when using manual spray and wipe methods. 
Similarly, disinfecting the space under a table might have traditionally required your staff to rearrange objects or spend extra time to ensure that a surface is thoroughly disinfected. Many times this isn’t done, or it is forgotten.
With Electrostatic Technology, this is no longer necessary. Due to the charged nature of the droplets, the disinfectant automatically seeks to cover the entire surface, coating them evenly for complete disinfection.
2. Increased Worker Productivity
Electrostatic Disinfectant sprayers can dramatically reduce the time it takes to disinfect.
Manual surface disinfection usually requires the application of disinfectants by using trigger sprayers, wiping, or pre-moistened wipes. Electrostatic sprayers function from 2-6 feet from the surfaces used to disinfect. Compared to manual disinfection methods, electrostatic technology can help your cleaning team disinfect about 5x more square feet per hour.
3. Less Product Waste
When performing manual disinfection, using too much disinfectant on surfaces is easy.
The charge that Electrostatic Sprayers give the droplets allows surfaces to become evenly coated in less time and prevents product overuse.
As dwell time varies by product, surfaces must remain wet with disinfectant for a certain amount of time (listed on the product label) for proper disinfecting to be performed.
Pro Tip: Dwell Time is the amount of time a disinfectant needs to remain wet on a surface to effectively disinfect (kill the organisms listed on its label) the character.
Commercial cleaning chemicals require other dwell times based on the EPA registration and contact time required for each organism. Commercial cleaning products not used with the proper dwell time and removal process are not effectively disinfecting and need to meet EPA requirements.
In Conclusion:
Routine cleaning and disinfection should continue to be a top priority to protect your facility against germ spread. While cleaning still needs to be completed, you can drastically reduce the time spent disinfecting with Electrostatic Disinfection.
With Electrostatic Technology, your staff will also be able to complete a more thorough, consistent disinfection, given the product’s ability to cover a surface or object entirely.
