Over 40 years of development and testing went into each and every product. As innovators in the field, we are proud to offer the many benefits of chlorine dioxide in these unique personal care products.
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What Is DioxiCare?
When hearing the words “chlorine dioxide” you probably think of chlorine bleach, a harsh chemical used in the backyard pool. Both are oxidizing agents with strong disinfecting properties, but have little else in common. Chlorine dioxide is a friendly compound used to disinfect drinking water, meat, seafood, fruit, and surfaces, eliminate odors, whiten teeth, and, most dramatically, safely treat wounds and infections. Numerous studies have shown that chlorine dioxide, at appropriate concentrations, has no adverse health effects, either by skin contact or ingestion. It does not irritate or leave toxic residues, as does chlorine bleach, nor inhibit wound healing, as do most other strong disinfectants. On the contrary, chlorine dioxide offers numerous health benefits without the toxicity concerns of chlorine bleach.
For more information on the chemistry and uses of chlorine dioxide, see An Overall View of ClO2, by Howard Alliger.
Interestingly, chlorine dioxide is a gas, and not easily incorporated into a usable product. Frontier Pharmaceutical developed a method of generating the gas and incorporating it into products that make the chlorine dioxide usable on an as-needed basis in shelf stable formulas. This system is called DioxiCare®. By combining two component parts of the System, at the time of use, chlorine dioxide is released into a solution or a gel at a controlled concentration. The generation of chlorine dioxide is immediate, and the resulting product is highly suited for topical applications. The two parts have a shelf life of two years (unmixed).
Newly developed by Frontier is a SINGLE stable solution and gel containing a Chlorine Dioxide Complex. With this revolutionary formulation it is no longer necessary to mix two parts to generate chlorine dioxide. This technology is utilized in Frontier’s skin care and veterinary/wound care products. These products are shelf stable for 1.5 years when kept in a cool environment (40 – 70 degrees F).
The DioxiCare System is proprietary to Frontier and separates our products from other chlorine dioxide preparations.
Features of the DioxiCare® System
The DioxiCare System is a fast-acting, complete spectrum disinfectant. It kills BACTERIA, VIRUSES, FUNGUS, YEAST and SPORES, with a speed of kill typically within one minute, in vitro (in the laboratory).
Chlorine dioxide deactivates microorganisms by breaking the bacterial cell wall, or, in the case of viruses, by loosening the viral envelope. This action occurs immediately upon exposure.