We all know that bacteria are lurking virtually everywhere in our day-to-day lives.

Bacteria, in general, are single cell organisms that multiply by division and whose cell is typically contained within a cell wall. That wall becomes the focal point of the Fresh Protect story. The bacteria may be aerobic (need oxygen) or anaerobic, mobile or nonmobile, and may be free living, saprophytic, parasitic, or even pathogenic (causing disease in plants or animals and humans). They can be pyogenic (pus producing), pyrogenic (fever producing), coliform (in intestines), hemophilic, and can have short lives or last, encapsulated, for years.

Historically, we have relied on cleanliness to reduce bacterial contamination. We wash to remove as many as possible of those potential pathogens from our skin or small traumas. In the past we have relied on various over the counter products that contained alcohol or iodine, e.g., to kill those bacteria that posed the threat of infection. There are some bacteria, however, that can remain viable in alcohol ... plus, it really stings and carries the danger of flammability.