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Steam vapor disinfectant.


Thermal Accelerated Nano Crystal Sanitation sanitation: see plumbing; sanitary science.  (TANCS), from Advanced Vapor Technologies, disinfects without the risks and limitations associated with typical chemical disinfectants. The process removes minerals from water in the steam vapor unit and converts them to heat-energized nanocrystals. This destroys bacteria, molds, and pathogenic path·o·gen·ic or path·o·ge·net·ic
adj.
1. Having the capability to cause disease.

2. Producing disease.

3. Relating to pathogenesis.
 germs by disrupting the cell membranes Cell membrane

The membrane that surrounds the cytoplasm of a cell; it is also called the plasma membrane or, in a more general sense, a unit membrane. This is a very thin, semifluid, sheetlike structure made of four continuous monolayers of molecules.
 of microbes, creating a nearly sterile sterile /ster·ile/ (ster´il)
1. unable to produce offspring.

2. aseptic.


ster·ile
adj.
1. Not producing or incapable of producing offspring.

2.
 surface without using chemical disinfectants. TANCS has been extesively tested by Nelson Laboratories, a nationally recognized test laboratory.

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Title Annotation:focus on INFECTION CONTROL
Publication:Nursing Homes
Article Type:Buyers Guide
Date:Jun 1, 2005
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