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Nippon Paint China and Corning have donated 5 million RMB worth of Nippon Paint Antivirus Kids Paint to four Hubei coronavirus-designated hospitals. In this product, Nippon Paint adopted Corning Guardiant™ Antimicrobial Particles, an emerging technology from Corning.
Lab Tested Antivirus Coatings to Help Frontline Health Workers
Nippon Paint's Antivirus Kids Paint, an innovative product combining Corning Guardiant™
Antimicrobial Particles and Nippon Paint kids paint has been tested by Microchem Laboratory.
This antiviral coating can help frontline health workers by offering an additional layer of protection against the coronavirus. The four hospitals that received Nippon Paint's coatings are Xiangyang No. 1 People's Hospital, Xiangyang Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine Hospital, Xiangyang Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Suixian People's Hospital.
Environmentally Friendly and GREENGUARD-certified Paint
The results show that the paint inactivates >99.9 percent of the Feline Calicivirus on its surface. EPA approves Feline Calicivirus to replace human norovirus for detection.
The coating also kills >99.99 percent of harmful bacteria, including
Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli and
Pseudomonas aeruginosa under the latest test protocols that mimic contamination in everyday, indoor environments. Nippon Paint kids paint by itself is environmentally friendly and TÜV and GREENGUARD certified.
Measures to Combat COVID-19 Pandemic
Experts estimate that coronaviruses can live up to nine days on a surface depending on environmental conditions and the type of surface. With no vaccines or cures identified, the best way to combat this epidemic is through prevention, which includes disinfecting surfaces in hospitals, medical centers, offices, homes, and elsewhere.
Eric Chung, president of Nippon Paint China said, "
Nippon Paint has always tried to push beyond the limits in the coating industry, developing sustainable products backed up with constant technological innovation. The coronavirus outbreak has prompted us once again to be highly innovative, and we are happy to work jointly with Corning at this time to complete the development, tests and production of the antivirus coating.”
Source: Nippon Paint