Assisted Living Provider Bounces Back From COVID, Uses Cleaning Technology to Halt Virus

Assisted living provider Hearth Management is combating COVID-19 by using organic hypochlorous acid to kill bacteria, stop viruses from spreading, and keep its buildings clean, reports LifePulseHealth . "It's what our white blood cells produce in response to infections," said Hearth's Jonathan Barbieri. "It's a key part of our immune systems, and . . . it made perfect sense for us to start incorporating it into our cleaning standards." Each Hearth community has a generator that uses electricity to change the chemical composition of salt and water to produce a hypochlorous acid-based disinfectant that is as effective as bleach, without harmful chemicals, fumes, or residues. Using the generators' cleaning solutions regularly is part of Hearth's Total Coverage 360 sanitization standards, which require all common areas to be sprayed at least twice daily. "When COVID-19 first hit, we knew we had to spring into action to get these generators into each of our buildings," recalled Barbieri. "Overall, we've been very successful in terms of keeping the virus at bay, and there's no doubt in my mind this technology has something to do with it.""