It’s easy to forget about the new normal for a moment as you go about your daily business: You return from a quick trip to the grocery store and drop your reusable bags on the kitchen countertop while storing away canned items that have been touched dozens of times by other shoppers, or your dog’s leash goes from resting on a bench at the park to on your dining table

Yep, you can bring germs into your home, no matter how much social distance you are maintaining, how many times you have washed and sanitized your hands or how often you wear a mask during this coronavirus outbreak. Germs and viruses are still entering your home and can contaminate anything they touch.

As a carpet, tile, and upholstery service company, Tru-Clean Surface Care has the opportunity to enter dozens of client’s homes weekly, and many tell us that they sanitize their hard surfaces regularly.  They break out the Lysol and spray their doorknobs, bathroom and kitchen surfaces and believe all is well.  In each case, our clients had no idea that the second they touch a treated surface, the disinfectant is removed, and to guarantee protection, they must reapply the disinfectant all over again or lose protection.

According to James Lloyd-Smith, a professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at UCLA,  “This coronavirus is quite transmissible through relatively casual contact, making this pathogen very hard to contain.”  Just like other bacteria and viruses such as SARS, MRSA, Salmonella, Listeria, Staphylococcus, and the SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19), simple, grocery store purchased disinfectants are only useful until the treated surface is touched.  Once someone touches a treated surface, the protection is wiped away.

Cleaning versus Disinfecting versus Sanitizing

It’s important to know that cleaning, sanitizing, and disinfecting are separate things – cleaning removes dirt, food and other impurities that can contain germs, sanitizing will reduce, not kill, the occurrence and growth of bacteria, viruses, and fungi. While disinfecting will kill germs, most viruses’ bacteria, and fungi.

All sanitizing, cleaning, and disinfecting agents sold in grocery stores will wipe off upon touch.

Tru-Clean Surface Care Offers A 90 Day Antimicrobial Solution

Until recently, this antimicrobial service was only available to commercial entities such as restaurants, doctors’ offices, amusement parks, local, state, and government agencies.

Tru-Clean Surface Care now offers this same long-lasting antimicrobial protection to consumers that will protect hard and soft surfaces and immediately eliminate over 70+ strains of viruses, mold, fungi, and odor.  An invisible protective barrier shields the surface from viruses, mold, and odor from returning for as long as 90 days.

The applied antimicrobial agent is relied upon by The Walt Disney World Company, MGM Grand, The L.A. Metropolitan Transportation System, thousands of restaurants, physicians’ offices, government buildings, entertainment facilities, and school systems nationwide.

Unlike most sanitizing and disinfectant products that wipe off as soon as they are touched, our service continues to work for up to 90 days and will not wipe off.

Unfortunately, bacteria, viruses, fungi, and mold are everywhere – in the air, on our bodies, and on countertops, desks, and the tables we eat at. The more the bacteria present in our home, the higher chance of getting sick.

Tru-Clean Surface Care is A+ A Rated by the Better Business Bureau and a seven-year-in-a-row-winner of the coveted Angie’s List Super Service Award.  Our disinfecting agents are allergen-free and safe for pets and infants.

For long-lasting protection against a host of bacteria, fungus, and virus protection services, please visit us online at www.TruCleanSurfaceCare.com or call us anytime at 239-541-4888 – Lee County, 239-206-1935 – Bonita Springs, Naples and Marco Island or 941-621-2198 – Punta Gorda and Port Charlotte.