Exterminators (Pvt) Ltd announced that its Disinfection Services was named as Sri Lanka’s, and probably the world’s, first ISO 9001, ISO 14001 & ISO 45001 certified disinfection service provider.

The company is Sri Lanka’s first SME to be certified Covid-19 SLS 1672-2020 Safety Management System in July 2020. Exterminators launched its disinfection services way back in April 2019 prior to the COVID-19 pandemic to help Sri Lankans mitigate the spread of virus and bacterial related diseases such as viral flu, food poisoning, chickenpox etc.

Since 1998, for over 23 years The Exterminators (Pvt) Ltd has helped prevent diseases, control nuisances and protect homes and businesses by pioneering, developing, delivering and articulating sustainable environmental enhancement and public health protection solutions.

The company was the winner of 55 National/International awards for business, brand excellence, entrepreneurship and environmental leadership and eight times winner of Champion SME brand Sri Lanka. Exterminators was certified as Sri Lanka’s first ISO 9001, ISO 14001, OHSAS 18001 certified pest control service in 2008, 2009 and 2010 respectively by SLSI. Exterminators help the community to mitigate the risk from COVID-19 and help businesses to bounce back within hours by providing specialized anti-microbial disinfection services.

Since March 2020 Exterminators have helped hundreds of businesses by traveling throughout the island even during curfew/lockdown periods. The company also provided community services (FOC) by disinfecting over one million sq.ft traveling over 6,000 kms in 135 locations which included 71 elders homes, 30 police stations, 16 religious institutes and 18 schools, bus, railway stations and public places.

Exterminators use a powerful but eco-friendly disinfectant approved by WHO and manufactured in France according to the EU/French Standards. Disinfection is done using the novel application technology – Jet Nebulizer/Atomizer which release 15 microns droplets and airborne for over 30-45 minutes.

Microbes are tiny living things that are found all around us and are too small to be seen by the naked eye. They live in water, soil, and in the air. The human body is home to millions of these microbes too, also called microorganisms. Some microbes make people sick, while others are important to the health.

The most common types are bacteria, viruses and fungi. There are also microbes called protozoa. These are tiny living things that are responsible for diseases such as toxoplasmosis and malaria. Bacteria are single-cell organisms. Some bacteria need oxygen to survive and others do not. Some love the heat, while others prefer a cold environment.

Marlon Ferreira, Founder/Managing Director of The Exterminators (Pvt) Ltd said: “Businesses today are expected to be more transparent and to actively participate to help the community and also to make positive changes to improve the environment. As a leader in the pest management industry and the SME sector in Sri Lanka, we believe that we have a moral obligation to respond to this new paradigm. Our philosophy is to creatively destruct the environment via constant innovation to find novel and sustainable solutions by emphasizing on the triple bottom-line concept to create a circular economy by doing it right and doing it well”.