What is microbe-guard™?
Microbe-Guard™ is a safe multi-pronged treatment that eliminates 99.999% of all bacteria, fungi, mold and viruses found within the fabric of our products. Microbe-Guard™ is a treatment application of BioSpear® giving you long lasting protection against harmful microbial growths that thrive in any of the products you use .
What does Microbe-Guard™ do?
Provides long-term residual protection for a minimum of 90 days and up to 12 months against any microbial growth in our products. It is non-toxic and gentle to human skin as well as it's core products being BPR registered, Oeko-Tex approved, with active ingredients FDA approved & EPA registered.
How long does Microbe-Guard™ offer protection?
BioSpear® offers 99.999% protection against all bacteria, fungi, mold and viruses providing long-term residual protection for up to 90 days. BioSpear® is a 24/7 on-going residual anti-microbial protectant and odor control. It is non-toxic, non-leaching and hypoallergenic with no VOC’s. It is EPA registered & the active ingredient is FDA approved.
How does Microbe-Guard™ work?
BioSpear®
1. The BioSpear® molecule creates covalent bonds with the surface
2. Creating millions of positively charged carbon sub-microscopic needles
3. BioSpear® molecule attracts microbes, pierces the cell membrane and electrically discharges them
What is the difference between Antimicrobial vs Antibacterial?
The terms “antimicrobial” and “antibacterial” are often used interchangeably, however, they do have rather different meanings!
Antimicrobial is the broad term while antibacterial is a specific type of antimicrobial.
The primary difference between antimicrobial and antibacterial treatments is the types of microorganisms they inhibit.
Antimicrobial Definition
Antibacterial treatments only actively prevent the growth of bacteria within products. Antimicrobial treatments may further protect products by safeguarding against fungi, algae and certain “micro-animals” such as house dust mites.
An antimicrobial treatment is an active agent that, when included in the manufacturing process of a product or material, works to inhibit the growth and even entirely eliminate microorganisms from occurring within the product/material throughout its entire lifespan.
“Anti” stands for “against,” while “microbe” refers to any microorganism (microscopic organism). In a broad description of common microorganisms, bacteria, fungi, algae and micro-animals (such as house dust mites) are included.
Therefore, antimicrobial treatments may provide an additional line of defense against microorganisms beyond what antibacterial treatments can offer.
While antibacterial treatments will prevent bacterial growth, they do not protect against other odor-causing and damaging microbes to the extent that antimicrobials can.
Antibacterial Definition
An antibacterial treatment is an active agent that, when included in the manufacturing process of a product or material, works to inhibit the growth and even entirely prevent bacteria from occurring within the product/material throughout its entire lifespan.
How can an Antimicrobial treatment help?
Antimicrobial treatments like BioSpear® can be safely added to textiles during the manufacturing process of the product. The innovative, “anti-odor” technology works by preventing the growth of unwanted, odor-causing bacteria in the textile material.
By protecting the textiles used in any of the products you purchase from unwanted growth of microbes, BioSpear® antimicrobials work hard to keep products cleaner, fresher, and safer.