Clorox Healthcare products with EPA-approved claims against CRE

A number of Clorox Healthcare disinfectants have EPA-approved claims against some common CRE.

Product            EPA Reg. No.     Klebsiella
pneumoniae
(KPC)		 Klebsiella
pneumoniae
(NDM-1)		 Escherichia
coli (carbapenem-
resistant)		 Escherichia coli
(NDM-1)		 Enterobacter cloacae
(NDM-1)
Clorox Healthcare® Bleach Germicidal Wipes 67619-12 30 sec 30 sec   30 sec  
Clorox Healthcare® Bleach Germicidal Cleaner Spray 56392-7 1 min 1 min   1 min 1 min
Clorox Healthcare® Fuzion® Disinfectant Cleaner 67619-30 1 min 1 min     1 min
Clorox Healthcare® Hydrogen Peroxide Cleaner Disinfectant 67619-24 30 sec 30 sec   30 sec  
Clorox Healthcare® Hydrogen Peroxide Cleaner Disinfectant Wipes 67619-25 30 sec 30 sec   30 sec  
Clorox Healthcare® VersaSure® Cleaner Disinfectant Wipes 67619-37 2 min   2 min    
Clorox® Total 360® Disinfecting Cleaner 67619-38   2 min      
CloroxPro™ Clorox® Clean-Up® Disinfectant Cleaner with Bleach (Spray) 67619-17 30 sec        
CloroxPro™ Clorox® Disinfecting Spray 67619-21 3 min        
CloroxPro™ Clorox® Germicidal Bleach 67619-32     5 min 5 min 5 min

References

1. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Tracking CRE. http://www.cdc.gov/hai/organisms/cre/trackingcre.html
2. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) Infection: Clinician FAQs. http://www.cdc.gov/hai/organisms/cre/cre-clinicianfaq.html
3. Bhargava A et al. Risk Factors for Colonization due to Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae among Patients Exposed to Long-Term Acute Care and Acute Care Facilities. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, 2014; 35(4): 398-405.
4. CDC Statement: Los Angeles County/UCLA investigation of CRE transmission and duodenoscopes. July 10, 2015. http://www.cdc.gov/hai/outbreaks/cdcstatement-la-cre.html
5. Lerner A et al. Environmental Contamination by Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae. J Clin Microbiol. 2013; 51(1): 177–181.
6. Kizny A et al. The Hospital Water Environment as a Reservoir for Carbapenem-Resistant Organisms Causing Hospital-Acquired Infections—A Systematic Review of the Literature. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2018; 64:1435-1444.
7. De Geyter A et al. The sink as a potential source of transmission of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in the intensive care unit. Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 2017; 6:24-29.
8. Regev-Yochay G et al. Sink traps as the source of transmission of OXA-48–producing Serratia marcescens in an intensive care unit. Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology 2018; 39:1307–1315.
9. Centers for Disease Control and prevention. Facility Guidance for Control of Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) November 2015 Update – CRE Toolkit. http://www.cdc.gov/hai/pdfs/cre/CRE-guidance-508.pdf

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