Associate Professor Kazuo Umezawa of FUJIFILM Corporation and Tokai University School of Medicine used FUJIFILM's original antibacterial cleaning material "Hydro Ag + Alcohol Cloth / Spray" to "environment in school". Conducted joint research on "usefulness of disinfection".We obtained the result that all 12 public junior high schools in Kanagawa prefecture were not closed due to influenza in the 2018/2019 season.

 The epidemic of seasonal influenza has a great impact on children's lives in Japan, such as closing classes at elementary and junior high schools and preventing infection during entrance examinations.Environmental disinfection has been incorporated into one of the measures to prevent the spread of infection in medical facilities, and a certain effect has been recognized. ..

 そこで、今回、富士フイルムの持続除菌環境清拭材「Hydro Ag+ アルコール60%(クロス/スプレー)」を使用して、3~5カ月間、神奈川県内の公立中学12校の全学年・学級(総学級数:148、総生徒数:4,035名)で拭き消毒活動を行い、インフルエンザ様疾患発生状況のモニタリングを実施。生徒の机回りは1日1回、教卓、電灯スイッチ、ドアの取っ手部、階段の手すり、トイレの座面等の「高頻度接触面」は1週間に1回以上拭き消毒を実施した。

 その結果、2018年9月1日~2019年3月31日の全国の教育施設におけるインフルエンザ発症率は30%、1学級でも学級閉鎖が起きた教育施設は全国で77%、神奈川県で91%だったのに対し、対象校では同期間のインフルエンザ発症率が10%、学級閉鎖は1件も起きなかった。このことから、「Hydro Ag+ アルコールクロス/スプレー」を用いた環境消毒を実施することでインフルエンザ集団感染抑制効果が期待できる。

 FUJIFILM will utilize the results of this research to proactively propose activities to reduce influenza outbreaks by environmental disinfection using "Hydro Ag + Alcohol Cloth / Spray" and contribute to the maintenance and improvement of people's quality of life. go.

reference:[Fujifilm Co., Ltd.] Confirmed the effect of suppressing influenza outbreaks Environmental disinfection using "Hydro Ag + Alcohol Cloth", which has a long-lasting sterilizing effect in collaboration with Fujifilm Tokai University

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