Presenting
The AEGIS Microbe Shield
Active Management of Indoor
Environments
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Welcome to the AEGIS Indoor
Environment
Microbial Protection for Canada’s
Great Indoors
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MICROORGANISMS (Microbes)
A minute life form of microscopic size;
especially one that causes diseases
•Bacteria
•Fungi (mould & mildew)
•Yeasts
•Algae
WHERE ARE MICROBES
Virtually Everywhere
•In the air we breath
•On our skin and bodies
•In the soil
•On practically all surfaces we contact
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Microbial Contamination
Sources:
Filters
Ducts
Infiltration
Occupied
Space
People
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What Are Acceptable Levels
of Microbial Exposure?
For Chemicals - Threshold Limit Values,
Other Mandated Limits
For Microbes - Least Possible
Exposure
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Buildings are Complex
Structures
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Classrooms
ICU
Equipment Rooms
Storage Spaces
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Offices
Patient Rooms
Warehouses
Medical Labs
How can one tool work everywhere?
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Traditional Solutions
1) Housekeeping
(Detergents,Bleach,Fragrances,etc.)
SHORT TERM SOLUTIONS
* Mask odours, problems
* Adaptation by microbes
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Traditional Solutions
2) Engineering
(Selection, Operation, Maintenance,
Modification of HVAC Systems)
DILUTION
* Does not address pollution sources,
may be part of the problem!
* Cost / Benefit Ratio
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Traditional Solutions
3) Industrial Hygiene
(Assessment, Testing, Analysis)
VAGUE CONCLUSIONS
* Untrained in Microbiology
* Little Guidance
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IF ALL THESE OTHER
SOLUTIONS ARE SO GOOD
WHY HAVEN`T THEY SOLVED THE PROBLEM ?
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• IAQ experts say that 80% of buildings have problems
• The same experts often blame “stale air” as the culprit
• Microbes cause more IAQ problems than any other
contaminant
• All standard remedies (HVAC modification, cleaning,
refurbishing) are beneficial but are temporary,
expensive, and address the problem rather than the
source
• Unless the source of contamination is removed or
neutralised, problems will always return
• So, what can you do?
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You can use more bleach, cleaners, and disinfectants
You can live with headaches, sore eyes and allergies
You can continue to fight mildew, germs and bacteria
Or,
You can solve your problems!
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MICROORGANISMS IN BUILDINGS
Strategies For Control
• Control Nutrients - but all
surfaces can be colonised!
• Control Moisture - often not
effective or possible.
• Control Sources - prevent
growth.
The AEGIS Microbe Shield permanently modifies
building surfaces, even those that will get wet, so they
cannot act as a source of microbial amplification
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Without Amplification,
Microbes Simply
Will Not Reach Levels
Necessary To Cause
IAQ Problems
In Buildings.
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Sometimes, it just isn’t hard to
find at all…..
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And sometimes, it’s even easier!!
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BUILDING BIOSPHERE
Microbial Amplification
Genetic
Adaptation
Changes:
Humidity,Chemicals,
Surfaces, & Nutrients
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What is the AEGIS Microbe Shield?
•A revolutionary antimicrobial technology that
does not rub off or migrate onto the skin
•An extensively tested technology developed at
Dow Corning Corporation
•An antimicrobial technology safely and
effectively used for over 20 years
•A technology easily applied to indoor surfaces
such as walls, floors, etc.
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OBJECTIVE
Provide Healthy Indoor Environment
•Sustain occupant loyalty
•Increase occupancy
•Reduce complaints
HOW
The Aegis Microbe Shield
•Controls Odour-Causing Yeast & Fungi
•Prevents Growth of Infectious Bacteria
•Is A Safe, Effective & Durable Treatment
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ANTIMICROBIAL
Capable of destroying or suppressing the growth of microorganisms
•Conventional ( leaching or migrating )
•AEGIS Microbe Shield ( non-leaching, bonded )
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS
Differ in their
•Chemical Nature
•Mode Of Operation
•Durability
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•Effectiveness
•Safety
•Cost
CONVENTIONAL ANTIMICROBIALS
Diffuse from the surface to come in contact with the microbe
•Leach or migrate off of the product
•Are consumed by microorganisms
•Chemically interrupt (poison) the cell
•Can be used up
•Cause adaptive microorganisms
•Have short term effectiveness
THE AEGIS MICROBE SHIELD TECHNOLOGY
Is bound to the surface requiring the microbes to contact it
•Does not off-gas or emit VOCs
•Is not consumed by microorganisms
•Mechanically interrupts (stabs) the cell
wall
•Will not cause adaptive microorganisms
•Provides long-term effectiveness
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The AEGIS Microbe Shield
How is it different from other solutions?
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Aegis Microbe Shield
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How it works…..
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Applications of
The Aegis Microbe Shield
How we can help you to solve and
prevent microbial problems.
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Hypoallergenic Rooms
• Controls leading cause of asthma and
allergies
• Improves indoor environment
• Reduces odours and improves freshness
• Long lasting and cost effective
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Ventilation Systems
• Approved by PMRA for use as a long term
material preservative on duct work
• Approved for use on sound liners, coils,
louvers and other components
• Controls microbes on chronically wet
surfaces near intakes and cooling coils
• Controls major contributor to SBS
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Schools and Other Public
Buildings
• Provides a “window of opportunity” to
facilitate needed repairs
• Immediate control of microbes
• Addresses public concerns with chemical
usage
• Safe and cost effective, 3 year warranty
• Virtually all surfaces are treatable
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Health Care Facilities
• Controls infectious microbes
• Does not promote genetic adaptation
• Safe for use in ICU, OR, and other sensitive
areas
• Controls microbes during renovations
• Controls MRSA Aspergillus, E. coli,
Salmonella, other invasive pathogens
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Features & Benefits
•Broad spectrum control - Fungi
Mold, Mildew, Gram(+) and Gram(-)
Bacteria, Yeasts, Algae
•Odorless and colorless
•Durable for at least three years on
most surfaces
•Unmatched safety profile
•Won`t leach into the environment or
transfer to other articles or to the skinno “zone of inhibition” in lab tests
•No arsenic, heavy metals, or
polychlorinated phenols
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•Improves “cleanability” on many
surfaces
•Controls or eliminates microbial
staining and deterioration
•Cost effective application
•State of the art science and technical
support
•May be applied to all non-food contact
surfaces
•The confidence of more than 20 years of
effective use on hosiery active wear,
medical goods, undergarments, home
furnishings, carpets, air filters, bedding,
disposable wipes, etc
EMOTIVE BENEFITS
provided by the AEGIS Microbe Shield
• Maintains long lasting freshness
• Eliminates the smells created by mould,
mildew and bacteria in the building
• Controls or eliminates microbial staining of
the treated surface
• Reduces the risk of surface contamination
• Controls a major contributor to SBS
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TECHNICAL BENEFITS
provided by the AEGIS Microbe Shield
• Effective for three years or more
• Produced by a Fortune 500 company in an ISO9002 facility
• Unmatched safety profile - applied only by trained
applicators
• The confidence of more than 20 years of effective,
safe use on hosiery, active wear, medical goods,
home furnishings, and numerous other consumer
products as well as in buildings
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ANTIMICROBIALS & the Pest Management Regulatory Agency
Require Registration
•If an agent claims to kill microorganisms it must be
registered with the Canadian PMRA
•An antimicrobial must only be used in accordance with its
accepted label
THE AEGIS MICROBE SHIELD
Is properly registered with the Canadian PMRA
(PCP Number 15133)
•For use on virtually all indoor surfaces
•walls, ceilings, carpets
•all HVAC components including ducts
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•all furnishings
•crawl spaces
•toilets, tubs, showers
THE DIFFERENCE
Is the AEGIS Microbe Shield
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Quality, safety, durability and effectiveness all
add up to valuable protection of your indoor
environment
THE DIFFERENCE
Is the AEGIS Microbe Shield
•Used on products like socks, scrubbing
pads, air filters, running shoes, diapers,
sanitary wipes, hockey equipment, computer
touch screens, surgical drapery and plaster
limb casts
•Used in performance fabrics such as
surgical drapes and clean room garments
•Used to protect the indoor surfaces of
hospitals and leading heart and cancer
institutes
The AEGIS Microbe Shield is
available through TETRAD
Technologies Group, Inc
Contacts:
Carmella Angus (CEO) 416-234-8824
Dr.Martin Dudzaik (CSO) 757-847-5511 in
Virginia
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