A POOLE businessman says the town’s hospital could fully re-open to visitors within hours if bosses would just try out his solution to wipe out the winter vomiting bug.

Philip Pike, sales director at TDB Supply Solutions, says Sterizar kills it and 99.999 per cent of bacteria, also giving skin six hours of protection –much longer than traditional hand washing and alcohol gels.

Wards at the hospital have been closed to visitors for the last two weeks in the second attempt to stop the norovirus bug spreading this year.

Mr Pike, 36, first got in touch with Royal Bournemouth Hospital and has tried several times to pitch Sterizar as an alternative to Poole.

The three-year-old product meets NICE recommendations and the British Standard guidance and comes in hand foam sanitiser, wipes and spray, Mr Pike, who’s based at Sterte Avenue West, said: “There is not anything out there that lasts for 30 days like the dry mist fogging system does.

“I’ve not come across anything that’s as user friendly and still kills norovirus.

“Once the alcohol in handgel evaporates it is useless, and repeated use on the hands causes abrasions.”

These can become a breeding ground for germs, he says.

“Here’s a product on the market that can seriously help,” the dad-of-one added.

“Are we too blinkered to look at it? As a parent, patient, tax payer and a businessman I find it frustrating that their blinkered approach endangers the general public and there is no way of getting through to them.”

The Metropolitan Police force, the Christie Hospital in Manchester and Crest Medical supplies use it, and it is on trial at another hospital.

Tops Day Nurseries have been using it for more than a year.

A spokesman for Poole Hospital said: “The Trust receives numerous approaches from a variety of potential suppliers every single day, and while we would like to respond to them all, this is simply not logistically possible.

“Poole Hospital follows national guidance in the management of norovirus, and advocates – in line with best practice – hand washing with soap and water, not alcohol-based hand rubs, for this purpose.

“Furthermore, all hygiene products must adhere to stringent national standards, of which the Trust’s current range is compliant.”

They seek advice from independent bodies, including the Health Protection Agency, when new hygiene products come to the market, he added.