ALTOONA, IOWA (June 3, 2020) — Key Solutions Group Corporation (KSG Corp), is a Central Iowa-based company changing the face of COVID-19 control locally, and around the United States.
Partnering with Bio-Cide International Inc (bio-cide.com) out of Norman, Oklahoma, KSG Corp is now supplying the EPA-approved disinfectant BioVex(r) as the first line of virus defense for Des Moines Fire Department's facilities, firetrucks, ambulances, and protective gear. A bit further away, KSG Corp supplies the virucide to first-responders in municipalities such as Marco Island, Florida and Sandy Hook, New Jersey — all of whom replaced their previous chemical products with KSG Corp's solution.
KSG Corp President Tom Johnston says it's simple to understand what makes their virucide so appealing to these high-profile organizations. "It's not just that BioVex is effective and easy-to-use, but it's safe. Its biodegradable formula is much less harmful to the population and the environment, as well as natural and man-made surfaces, than more well-known chemical disinfectants."
Although the COVID-19 crisis is bringing new attention to KSG Corp, the Bio-Cide solutions it has been delivering are not new. KSG Corp has quietly been fighting viruses, bacteria, and funguses since 2008 in applications such as commercial greenhouse water-management, vegetable, and fruit-handling/storage, meat-processing, commercial fishing, and industrial facilities.
Primarily working in the horticultural industry before the pandemic, it's now BioVex that KSG Corp is focused on, as demand shifts to battling COVID-19 on an international level. BioVex is a viricidal, bactericidal, and tuberculocidal disinfectant, specifically meeting EPA criteria to combat facility contamination during this COVID-19 pandemic.
"BioVex was an effective facility hygiene disinfectant long before COVID-19 and will continue to be an effective solution long after COVID-19 is no longer top-of-mind. It can be fundamental to returning to a sense of normalcy and comfort in all environments." Johnston says. "Because it's hospital grade, there is demand in hospitality and entertainment industries, sports venues from peewee to professional, first-responder facilities, vehicle and equipment operations, public and private transportation, and additional municipalities, as well as in the health-care and long-term care industries. The key — and where we come in — is dialing in the formulation for the specific application — one size does not fit all."
In addition to BioVex, KSG Corp delivers other Bio-Cide solutions for pathogen control in public and commercial water lines, mitigating black mold in dwellings after hurricanes, and fighting viruses such as SARS and HIV in health-care facilities.
