The Real Science Behind Farm Disinfectants | Jose Ramirez

About this episode

Dr. Jose Ramirez discusses the science behind farm disinfectants and their impact on infection prevention and biosecurity.

About the Guest Dr. Ramirez is a scientific advisor for Clipper Distributing Company, LLC. Dr. Ramirez developed the first accelerated peroxide (AHP®) formulations which asides from Intervention disinfectant, also include hospital and dental disinfectants, a reuse medical sterilant, an antimicrobial hand wash, and a dairy teat dip. He holds more than 20 issued or pending patents ranging from cleaning & disinfection, to water treatment and chemical process sensors & controls. His first patent was filed in 1999 – the first AHP® formulation. Dr. Ramirez has more than 25 years of experience in disinfectant formulation development as applied to infection prevention and biosecurity in a variety of markets. He has started two companies based on his inventions and has won several business pitch competitions, including technologies for wastewater processing and wastewater control. He has been featured and interviewed several times in the press. Dr. Ramirez holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering, and MS and PhD degrees in Chemical Engineering from the University of Colorado at Boulder. What can you expect to learn from this episode of Popular Pig? How dilution mistakes can…

People in this episode

Host: Matthew Rooda

Guest: Jose Ramirez

Topics covered

• disinfectant performance
• infection prevention
• biosecurity
• dilution mistakes
• application training
• lower-cost disinfectants
• lagoon systems

Keywords

• disinfectants
• AHP formulations
• infection prevention
• biosecurity
• cleaning
• disinfection
• patents
• lagoon systems
• biogas production

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Clipper Distributing Company, LLC

Places: University of Colorado at Boulder

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