After Producing 4,000 free Sanitisers for the Vulnerable, Medik8 Seeks Sponsors to Produce 50,000 More

Developed in-house from lab to production, Medik8 has created 5,000 units of sanitizer in a bid to tackle the shortage and support the community amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. 

The Medik8 Hygienic Hand Rub is an 80% ethanol based, non-drying and non-sticky hand sanitizer fluid made precisely to an ‘open-source’ official WHO formulation, 4000 of which will be distributed for free to local communities, including care homes, the homeless, vulnerable and the police. With an additional 1000 being added free of charge to each medik8.com online customer order from the 1st April.

Created to safeguard Medik8 staff at the beginning of March, when sanitiser was in short supply, the concept evolved as the global situation developed - and this is when the ‘Medik8 Helping Hands’ project started. 

As of today, the government increased their existing licence from 3,000 litres to 12,000 enabling them to produce more, and these will be distributed to the local community, elderly and vulnerable, including care homes, police, and the homeless.

To create another 50,000 bottles for the sanitiser, Medik8 requires a sponsor and resources. They are currently having great trouble getting packaging as it’s in short supply plus they require a sponsor who would be able to help by haring half the cost (around £20,000) in return for their logo to be printed on the product.

Daniel Isaacs, Director of Research for Medik8 says ‘We are lucky to be able to work in an environment that we can utilise our skills amidst this pandemic, and in doing so, can enable local communities to protect themselves as best they can. We cannot make ventilators, but we can make sanitizer.’ 

Medik8 founder, Elliot Isaacs continues ‘This health crisis shows the entire human race can unite to face off a common enemy, and we all have a part to play. I am grateful for the chance to use our ISO capabilities for the community, and on a personal level, to be able to deliver 500 bottles to elderly neighbours’ doors, for those who cannot leave their homes, or locate any sanitizer locally.’ 

On retaining hygiene standards and safety during this period of uncertainty, Elliot Isaacs says ‘We have a trusted skeleton crew in place at the production and warehouse facility, who remain under strict social distancing measures at 3m apart at all times. Only 5 people in a space the size of a football field. Staff are driving into work alone, and are wearing disposable medical gloves, hairnets, and overshoes and avoiding touching their face and surfaces.’ 

Unlike most British cosmetic brands, all formula development and production is done in house at Medik8, allowing for acceleration of the normal lengthier protocols during product development. Presented as a cosmetic rub to further fast-track the speed to market, The Hygienic Hand Rub follows the exact formula and method mandated by the World Health Organisation, acting as a reliable assurance of efficacy.