Professional steam cleaners and steam vacuum cleaners for disinfection

Hygienic and thorough cleaning with professional steam cleaners and steam vacuum cleaners

Professional steam cleaners can effectively combat germs, bacteria and viruses on walls, floors or furniture. The steam emerges from the nozzle in very fine droplets and, depending on the type of appliance, at a temperature of around 100 °C and a maximum pressure of up to 8 bar. The acceleration is about 170 km/h. Therefore, the steam reaches cracks or rubber folds where brushes or cloths cannot easily access, so hard-to-reach areas can be hygienically and thoroughly cleaned .

If used properly, Kärcher Professional steam cleaners SG(V) remove up to 99.999% of enveloped viruses*, such as the coronavirus or influenza, and 99.999% of common household bacteria** from hard surfaces. At the present time, disinfectants are to be reserved primarily for outpatient and inpatient care environments, but steam cleaners can make a valuable contribution to general hygiene in commercial and industrial use.

^{*Tests have shown that with spot cleaning of 30 secs at max. steam level with the Kärcher steam cleaner 99.999% of enveloped viruses such as coronavirus or influenza (excluding the Hepatitis-B virus) can be removed from commonly-found, smooth, hard surfaces (test-germ: Modified-Vaccinia-Ankara-Virus).}

^{**When thoroughly cleaning with a professional Kärcher steam cleaner SG(V) 99.999% of all common household bacteria will be killed on commonly-found, smooth, hard surfaces with the cleaning speed of 30 cm/s at max. steam level (according to EN 16615:2015-06, PVC floor (test -germ: Enterococcus hirae ATCC 10541).}