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Introduction: Tersano LotusPro Field Study of Effectiveness
July, 2012
Testing conducted by Elliott Affiliates, Ltd.
Tersano Inc.
contacted the Elliott Affiliates, Ltd. company to conduct testing of the LotusPro model
Aqueous Ozone
general purpose cleaner, which uses oxygen enriched water to clean rather than
traditional cleaning chemicals. The hand-held unit has been tested in controlled lab environments and
found to be effective. This study focused on how would this product would perform under real-world
field conditions?
The Elliott organization selected a challenging high traffic, high risk environment, one that’s been
using a non-chemical cleaner to clean general surfaces and room items. The Somerset Academy
Charter School in Miami-Dade Florida was the answer, a K-12 facility children moving nonstop, study,
play and food everywhere, and cleaning staff around all day long to keep up with active students. The
Charter school’s current system for general purpose cleaning relied on an ionized water strategy. The
resulting study focused on floor, furniture, fixture and building surface conditions, including lots of
touch point contamination, residue around from spills and leaks, bio-based stains and residue from
parking areas, and the many of other soiling conditions one would expect within a K-12 environment.
The Study was coordinated with the Charter School Administrator and their contracted cleaning
company,
H2ONLY RENEWABLE CLEANING, LLC
, guided by its President Ruben Rives.
The questions we asked were:
1. Does the
current ionized
water product deliver an observably “clean” appearance in this
environment?
2. Is there a difference between the results delivered for the
rooms
cleaned by the current
“ionized water” cleaning strategy versus the LotusPro strategy?
3. Is there a difference between the results delivered for the
items
cleaned by the current
“ionized water” cleaning strategy versus the LotusPro strategy?
To try and answer those questions, we used the following protocol:
Cleanliness Appearance – Are the surfaces free of the attributes associated with complaints
and observable soiled conditions?
Organic Load – Is organic matter (the food for bacteria) removed sufficiently by each cleaning
method, as measured by ATP Reflective Light Unit (RLU) readings?
For the purposes of this Study, we identified seven (7) different study areas in the selected school
building, and conducted testing and observation in the designated room categories as follows:
Elevators
Elevator Lobby
Restrooms
Classrooms
Cafeteria
Corridors
Auditorium
