DFW Hospital Council Associate Member Unity Medial Alliance LLC announced a partnership with MistShield this month to promote a powerful new sanitation tool.

Englewood Health’s urgent care centers, physician offices and hospital lounge areas have officially been equipped with MistShield. The device mounts to any wall and emits a wide mist into rooms, killing 99 percent of airborne bacteria and viruses, including SARS-CoV-2, the virus that leads to COVID-19.

The mist contains hypochlorous acid, a non-toxic, salt-water-based disinfectant that the Environmental Protection Agency has recognized as effective in fighting emerging pathogens. Hypochlorous acid is naturally created by the human body when white blood cells fight off infections. Outside of the body, it is commonly used to clean wounds and promote skin healing.

MistShield uses smart aerosol technology to distill hypochlorous acid into droplets so fine they purify the air as they float through it. When these droplets meet their end on hard surfaces and furniture, they disinfect those areas as well—all without leaving a single damp spot in their wake. The mounted console is automated to release the mist at intervals designed to optimize sanitization based on factors like time of day and average foot traffic.

“We are very sensitive to the high-touch areas and, of course, the most visible areas of the hospital,” said Peter Lucey, the director of environmental services at Englewood Health.

Englewood Health has long used innovative approaches to sanitation, but expressly so since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. The implementation of MistShield is an additional step toward raising standards of cleanliness in public spaces, but especially those inside healthcare settings.

“It takes only one person that is carrying a virus to infect many other people whenever they are within close proximity or in a confined environment,” said Avi Soffer, CEO of MistShield. “So, within a working environment like a hospital, office, manufacturing facilities, gym, or even shopping and retail environments, there must be a preset, constant disinfection program in place.”

Information for MistShield can be found here.

For additional information, please contact Terence Green at terence@umallc.com.