SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19)
What are coronaviruses?
Coronaviruses occur in humans but also in numerous mammals and birds. In humans they cause gastro-intestinal diseases and flu-like illnesses up to pneumonia. Coronaviruses are enveloped lipid-containing viruses.
Coronaviruses include the SARS virus, which caused epidemics in 2003, and MERS-CoV, which led to 38 deaths in the Middle East in 2012/13.
More than 358 million Covid-19 cases have been confirmed worldwide since December 2019. The WHO speaks of a pandemic.
Studies show that infectious virus can be isolated from the throat and lungs. No infectious viruses are detected in stool, urine and blood. This confirms the assumption that the main transmission routes are droplet infections and aerosol transmissions. Transmissions via contaminated objects (smear infections) play a minor role, since they were not yet confirmed beyond the health care sector.
Thus, personal hygiene rules, wearing a proper face mask, regular room ventilation and keeping a minimum distance of 1,5 meters (5 feet) to other persons are appropriate actions to reduce the prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 virus. Besides, hand and surface disinfection are the most important disinfection measures.
For further information provided by the World Health Organization (WHO) please click the link below:
https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019
Hygiene tips for preventing infection in everyday life (e.g. with coronaviruses, cold viruses or flu viruses):
1. Wash your hands and keep them away from your face
Wash your hands with soap for 20 to 30 seconds many times each day.
Avoid touching the mucous membranes of your mouth, nose and eyes.
2. Cough and sneeze hygienically
Keep your distance from other people when coughing.
Ideally, cough and sneeze into the crook of your elbow.
3. Blow your nose
Always use disposable tissues, then dispose of them and wash your hands immediately afterwards.
4. Ventilate regularly
Ventilate rooms for around ten minutes three to four times every day.
5. Protect yourself and others
Refrain from shaking hands, hugging and kissing people as you greet them.
Disinfectants with the efficacy against enveloped viruses, limited spectrum virucidal or virucidal are effective against corona viruses. The following Dr. Weigert products can thus be used preventively.
Disinfecting hands
- weigoman pure
Surface disinfection
- neoform K plus
- neoform K sprint
- neoform MED FF
- neoform MED rapid
Instrument disinfection
- neodisher Septo Plus
- neodisher endo MED
- neodisher Septo Active
- neodisher endo DIS active
- neodisher Septo Fin
- neodisher Dekonta AF
- neodisher Septo DN
- neodisher endo SEPT PAC
- neodisher SeptoClean
When using the products, at least the application conditions for activity against enveloped viruses must be selected!
Treatment of dishes and cutlery does not require any alterations. They can be cleaned as usual with temperatures above 60 °C, since SARS-CoV-2 virus is relatively sensitive to high temperatures. An additional measure could be transportation of the wash ware to the dish washer in closed containers.
Further useful links updated daily
Up-to-date information can be found under the following links of the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC):
https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019
https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/novel-coronavirus-china
Further, recommendations include meeting the general hygiene rules, including hand hygiene as well as proper coughing and sneezing:
https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/advice-for-public
It is also advised to keep a minimum distance (1,5 meters or 5 feet) to other people and to wear proper face protection (surgical or FFP2 mask) where necessary.
The required measures may differ on a regional level.
Dr. Weigert – information about disinfection
Below, you will find some information and materials on the topic of disinfection that may also be useful in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Tutorial – hygienic hand disinfection in six steps
Our tutorial for hygienic hand disinfection in six steps. Proper hand hygiene protects against infection and prevents the transmission of pathogens such as the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. For reliable hand-disinfection, it is necessary to keep your hands moist with the disinfectant for at least 30 seconds.
Information poster – the six steps of hygienic hand disinfection
Suitable for printing and putting on display at your company premises. On this poster, we show the six steps of hygienic hand disinfection (standard rubbing method in accordance with EN 1500).
6-Steps-of-Hygienic-Hand-Disinfection.pdf
(PDF file - 462 KB)