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Disinfectant - Polysphere

Polysphere is Byotrol's flagship EPA registered disinfectant, which has a wide range of uses from cleaning hospitals and care homes to airlines and the home.  Polysphere is sold as a concentrate in a convenient 1-gallon container.

Disinfection Performance in Institutions and Non-Medical Facilities

Hospitals, Dental Offices, Nursing Homes, Other Health Care Institutions, Households, Schools, Restaurants, Food Services, Dairies, Farms, Beverage and Food Processing Plants and Other Non-Medical Facilities.

At 3 ounces Polysphere per 5 gallons of water and with a 10-minute contact time Polysphere is bactericidal according to the AOAC Use Dilution Test method on hard non-porous surfaces modified in the presence of 5% organic serum against:

  • Burkholderia cepacia
  • Campylobacter jejuni
  • Clostridium perfringens-vegetative
  • Corynebacterium ammoniagenes
  • Escherichia coli 0157:H7
  • Enterococcus faecium Vancomycin Resistant (VRE)
  • Enterococcus faecium Ciprofloxacin Resistant Not for use in California
  • Enterococcus faecium Penicillin-G Resistant Not for use in California
  • Klebsiella pneumoniae
  • Listeria monocytogenes
  • Pseudomonas aeruginosa
  • Rhodococcus equi
  • Salmonella enterica
  • Salmonella enterica serovar agona
  • Salmonella enterica serovar anatum
  • Salmonella enterica serovar Newport
  • Salmonella enterica serovar typhimurium
  • Salmonella enterica serovar infantis
  • Salmonella typhi
  • Shigella sonnei
  • Community Acquired Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA MRSA)
  • Staphylococcus aureus Methicillin Resistant
  • Staphylococcus aureus
  • Streptococcus equi

Virucidal Performance

At 3 ounces of Polysphere per 5 gallons of water, Polysphere was evaluated with a 10-minute contact time in the presence of 5% blood serum and found to be effective against the following viruses on hard, non-porous surfaces:

  • Avian Influenza A H5N1 virus
  • Avian influenza/Turkey/Wisconsin virus
  • Hepatitis B Virus (HBV)
  • Hepatitis C Virus (HCV)
  • Herpes Simplex Type1 virus
  • Herpes Simplex Type 2 virus
  • Human Coronavirus
  • Influenza A H1N1 virus
  • Influenza A2/Hong Kong virus H3N1
  • Influenza A2/J305 virus
  • Vaccinia virus

At the same dilution rate, Polysphere was evaluated in the presence of 5% blood serum for a 2-minute contact time and was found to be effective against the following viruse on hard, non-porous surface against the HIV-1 AIDS Virus.

And again at the same dilution rate in the presence of 5% organic load, Polysphere was proven to be effective against Duck Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) and Bovine Viral Diarrhea Virus BVDV surrogate for human Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) with a contact time of 10 minutes.

Please note that It is a violation of Federal Law to use Polysphere in a manner inconsistent with its labeling.