What do I need to do to obtain EPA registration to provide Antimicrobial Copper related services?
In the US, there are several steps required to provide certain services to products made from Antimicrobial Copper, the most effective touch surface. We have everything you need to get started.
This section is only for providers of Antimicrobial
Copper services in the US
Service centres must register with EPA if they manufacture (i.e.
bend, weld, assemble), package, repackage, label or re-label
products made from Antimicrobial Copper.
The first step towards providing these services for
Antimicrobial Copper products is to locate an EPA registered copper
alloy supplier or product manufacturer. The supplier must be
registered with the Federal EPA, as well as in every state in which
you wish to sell products.
To find a registered supplier of Antimicrobial Copper, click here.
To find registered Antimicrobial Copper product manufacturers,
click here.
Once you find a source for registered Antimicrobial Copper
alloys, you will need to obtain an EPA establishment number.
This number will go on product labels for traceability. The
process is free of charge, and typically takes a month or so
depending on EPA processing times.
To view a tutorial about EPA establishment registration with
links to official EPA forms, please contact us.
Once you obtain the establishment number, there are several
labeling and reporting requirements outlined in the tutorial
above.
For Antimicrobial Copper marketing support, click here.
Follow these steps, and you'll be able to provide services for
products made from the only solid material registered by the EPA to
continuously kill bacteria* that cause infections.
For additional support, feel free to contact us.
*Peer reviewed scientific publications show Antimicrobial Copper
to be effective against bacteria, viruses, fungi and moulds,
including MRSA, Influenza A (H1N1), Clostridium difficile
and VRE.
Antimicrobial Copper is the only touch surface material to have
efficacy data independently verified through the US Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) registration which supports the claim to
continuously kill more than 99.9% of the bacteria that cause HCAIs
within two hours of contact. Organisms tested are MRSA,
Staphylococcus aureus, Enterobacter aerogenes,
Pseudomonas aeruginosa, E. coli O157:H7 and
Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecalis.
Further work1 has demonstrated that Antimicrobial
Copper outperforms two commercially available silver-containing
coatings under typical indoor conditions.
A study2 on a busy medical ward at Selly Oak Hospital
showed a 90-100% reduction in contamination on Antimicrobial Copper
surfaces compared to surfaces made of conventional materials.
Trials in the US and Chile confirm these results. Antimicrobial
Copper surfaces are a supplement to, and not a substitute for,
standard infection control practices and have been shown to reduce
microbial contamination.
[1] Effects of temperature and humidity on the
efficacy of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
challenged antimicrobial materials containing silver and
copper. H T Michels, J O Noyce and C W Keevil, Letters in
Applied Microbiology, 49 (2009) 191-195.
[2]
Role of copper in reducing hospital environment contamination.
A L Casey, D Adams, T J Karpanen, P A Lambert, B D Cookson, P
Nightingale, L Miruszenko, R Shillam, P Christian and T S J
Elliott, J Hosp Infect (2009).