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NEW SAFETY STANDARD ESTABLISHED!
This nation pays a staggering price! Slip/fall accidents are a one-hundred
billion dollar a year problem. They are identified as "the number one cause of
non-vehicular accidental death,"; an 80 to 90% reduction in cost and deaths is
possible. The savings would repay the national debt in just a few years and save
thousands of lives. To solve the problem four major causes of falls on slippery
floors must be eliminated. These are: slippery chemicals such as grease,
slippery films of micro-organisms or fungi, improper cleaning procedures, and inherently
poor traction on surfaces. The poor traction may be built in to the original surface
or it may be the result of the other causes. Some solutions dissolve deposits
but that is not the complete answer. Some control micro-organism growth but that is
not the complete answer. Some physically increase traction but that is not the
complete answer. A combination of all, in one simple inexpensive cleaning solution,
not requiring an expensive complicated cleaning procedure, is the complete answer.
pHluorus ™ is that cleaning solution, and has been called "the
worlds first complete floor traction treatment". pHluorus ™ has reduced
slip/fall accidents 80 to 90% as confirmed by our customers Workman's Compensation
Insurance surveys.1 Proven for years, the pHluorus ™ cleaning
process has eliminated slippery horizontal surfaces.
The ability of pHluorus ™, to eliminate slippery surfaces has been established by
comparative testing of pHluorus ™, against the major tile and cleaner groups. The coefficient
of friction (opposite of slipperiness) was measured on a comparable tile surface cleaned
with different cleaners for extended periods. The tests were independently
certified. Data obtained shows the following:
pHluorus ™ is clearly indicated as the best practical, economical cleaner
capable of maintaining clean non-slip floors over long periods. A new safety
standard has been established - The pHluorus ™ Standard - "THE WORLDS FIRST COMPLETE FLOOR TRACTION
TREATMENT!"
A SCIENTIFIC REPORT!
How does pHluorus ™ work? This question has
been *studied by professional scientists using sophisticated modern instrumentation.
Surfaces of some finished cement squares were treated with pHluorus ™
solution. Other cement squares were
treated only with water. These cement squares,
identified only by number were then sent to California to the laboratory of Charles Evans
and Associates where studies of surface composition were carried out using a technique
known as Electron Spectroscopy for Surface Analysis. Squares treated with pHluorus ™
solution were found to have a coating of the mineral calcium fluoride; those treated with
water had only limestone on the surface. Surfaces treated with pHluorus ™ were
etched on a microscopic level to reduce slipperiness; furthermore the evidence now
available shows that the fluoride coating did not damage the surface and it blocked the
growth of bacteria. The process involved in generating the new surface is called
fluorination and it results from a key component in the pHluorus ™ solution.
Compression and other strength tests3 on concrete cylinders treated with pHluorus ™ have
indicated NO loss in strength as a result of treatment.
The ability of a surface treated with pHluorus ™
to block bacterial growth has been documented in separate studies at Mesa Lutheran
Hospital, Mesa, Arizona. Sterile swabs from tiles or floor samples which had been
cleaned with pHluorus ™ did not give bacterial colonies when the swab was transferred to
an Agar dish and the dish was incubated. On the other hand, comparable studies using
similar swabs from tiles or floor samples cleaned with other cleaners showed a sizable
number of bacterial colonies.
After initial treatment of a floor with pHluorus ™
solution, the glove-like coating of calcium fluoride can be maintained by cleaning the
surface with the more dilute pHluorus ™ cleaning solution. pHluorus ™ benefits are
long lasting under proper and simple maintenance procedures.
ECOLOGICAL BALANCE!
The environmental impact of pHluorus ™ is minimal, as has not been the case with the most widely used
alternative acid or alkaline, solid or liquid cleaning compounds. In no sense is
disposal a problem. The dilute acids present in unwanted pHluorus ™
solution, react readily with the limestone in soil, with cement, and even with
calcium ions in normal hard water to give insoluble calcium fluoride, calcium phosphate
and combination of the two. Thus, in normal usage, acids are removed from the liquid and
converted to chemically stable solids. Compare the enormous benefit of the pHluorus ™
standard: `superior' slip resistance, repels micro-organisms, preserves cement/grout,
restores to new-like appearance, and gives `complete' ecological balance. In
addition, pHluorus™ was tested for personal exposure hazard and the hazard was
"well below acceptable levels," as reported by a governmental job safety
agency. pHluorus ™ is the ultimate friend to end FLOOR BORN DANGER.
1pHluorus Workers Comp. Survey; "Loss Reduction Analysis", Risk/Loss Consultant
D.Higbee 1990
*Studies were conducted by Professor R.W. Parry of the University of Utah and Dr. L.
Scharpen of Charles evans and Associates in Redwood City, CA 94063.
1-4. Original Test Documents Available, 1990.
Parry, R. "pHluorus Treatment of Tiles, Mortar", Oct. 1989
Workman's Compensation Accident Rpt, Liberty Mutual, 1982
"Accident Facts", National Safety Council, Chicago, 1985
OSHA Report, Washington D.C., 1986
Brough, R., "Measurements of Coefficient of Friction of Floors",
Journal of Physics, Vol. 12, 1979.
Copyright 1990, pHluorus Inc, Draper, Utah, All rights reserved
CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS
pHluorus, INC.TM PO box 787
Draper, Utah 84020
1-800-SAV-SLIP
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