Ozone: the best option for Disinfection!
Ozone is a powerful disinfectant. Besides eliminating microbes, it is also a chemical free and versatile option – can be used a disinfectant spray or disinfectant wipes! Ozone as a disinfectant has been used even in healthcare and labs! It’s the safest option and less harmful to our health.
Curious about it? Read the article below and learn more about how effective Ozone can be!
Ozone has been used for many applications as an effective disinfectant as well as a preservative for foods, spaces purifier, odors control and, also for medical therapy.
The most important future issue of disinfectants will be how environmentally friendly the antimicrobial agent will be. What disinfectant by-products will be formed? And how efficiently will it be to reduce bacteria, viruses, germs and fungi?
Effectiveness of ozone (aqueous and gaseous) treatment is an alternative sanitizing technology to common conventional disinfectants, reducing the microbial contamination of both water and air.
How does it work?
Ozone is an unstable gas that can destroy bacteria and virus. It is a powerful oxidizer and a potent germicide, with no risk of resistance, build up, immunity or toxic residues.
Ozone possesses much higher disinfection capabilities than chlorine and other commonly used disinfectants. Because of its short lifetime, when it breaks, returns to its natural form of oxygen, leaving no residual. As this process occurs, the free atom of oxygen seeks out and attacks any foreign particles in the water or air, while destroying bacteria or any organic matter. During this reaction, ozone does not produce compounds like the toxicity of chlorinated compounds.
Ozone treatment is considered a safe and effective disinfectant tool for decontamination of water or air. It can be used in the industries, hospitals or even at home, following the safety standards and the right levels.
The combination of microbial disinfection and effective removal of microorganisms makes ozonization an attractive alternative to clean surfaces, food processes, wastewater, medical sterilizer facilities and equipment, as well as removes bacteria and virus present in the air and controls bad odors.
Furthermore, ozone removes microorganisms in cracks, cavities and filter. Recent studies prove that ozone is an alternative to traditional fluid hand disinfectants with alcohol.
Ozonized tap water is an effective decontaminant of E. coli, and it could be an alternative to traditional alcohol-fluid hand disinfectants both in healthcare institutions and public places. Ozonized water may be especially valuable for individuals with skin problems.
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Ozonation is an ozone disinfection treatment that has been repeatedly proven as an effective method for sanitation and removal of bacteria and virus, and a powerful oxidiser that destroys organic matter, iron and manganese.
Benefits
Powerful and effective disinfectant;
Destroys bacteria, virus, germs and any microorganism;
Its strong oxidizing properties make ozone one of the most efficient and fastest microbicides;
Disinfection treatment of water and air;
It is an excellent disinfectant for daily tasks home as well as for industrials areas;
Prevents the regrowth of microorganisms after ozonization, unlike ultraviolet and chlorine disinfection;
It is more effective than chlorine in destroying virus and bacteria;
Ozone decomposes rapidly – no harmful chemical residues are left behind;
Must be generated onsite, it is mean that there are fewer safety concerns associated with shipping and handling;
Provides additional oxygen to the water;
Environmentally friendly.
Scientific Articles
EMMANUEL I. EPELLE, ANDREW MACFARLANE, MICHAEL CUSACK, ANTHONY BURNS, JUDE A. OKOLIE, WILLIAM MACKAY, MOSTAFA RATEB, MOHAMMED YASEEN | February 15th | Ozone application in different industries: A review of recent developments
TEL-AVIV UNIVERSITY | February 17th | Researchers have proved that that ozone is effective in disinfecting coronavirus
SOUMYA N. MANJUNATH, M. SAKAR, MANMOHAN KATAPADI, R. GEETHA ALAKRISHNA | February | Recent case studies on the use of ozone to combat coronavirus: Problems and perspectives
INES ZUCKER, YAAL LESTER, JOEL ALTER, MICHAL WERBNER, YINON YECHESKEL, MEITAL GAL-TANAMY, MOSHE DESSAU | January 13th | Pseudoviruses for the assessment of coronavirus disinfection by ozone
IOA (The International Ozone Association) | 2021 | Air Treatment
MAICON H. CAETANO, JOÃO P. Z. SIQUEIRA, DENISE DE ANDRADE, Á. F. L. DE SOUSA, MARCELO A. RIGOTTI, MAIARA O. DINIZ, WILLIAM A. DE ALMEIDA, MARGARETE T. G. DE ALMEIDA | 2021 | Antimicrobial action of ozone gas on surfaces and in the air
ELENA GRIGNANI, ANTONELLA MANSI, RENATO CABELLA, PAOLA CASTELLANO, ANGELO TIRABASSO, RENATA SISTO, MARIANGELA SPAGNOLI, GIOVANNI FABRIZI, FRANCESCO FRIGERIO, GIOVANNA TRANFO | December 24th | Safe and Effective Use of Ozone as Air and Surface Disinfectant in the Conjuncture of Covid-19
GIUSEPPINA MOCCIA, FRANCESCO DE CARO, CONCETTA PIRONTI, GIOVANNI BOCCIA, MARIO CAPUNZO, ANNA BORRELLI, ORIANA MOTTA | November | Development and Improvement of an Effective Method for Air and Surfaces Disinfection with Ozone Gas as a Decontaminating Agent
FELIPE AGOSTINI, MELISSA FACCINI, FRANCISCO FITARELLI & OTHERS | October 1st | In Vitro Comparison of Antibacterial Effect of Ozonated Water and Ozonated Gas
GOVINDARAJ DEV KUMAR, ABHINAV MISHRA, LAUREL DUNN, ANNA TOWNSEND, IKECHUKWU CHUKWUMA OGUADINMA, KELLY R. BRIGHT, CHARLES P. GERBA | June 23rd | Biocides and Novel Antimicrobial Agents for the Mitigation of Coronaviruses
H. J. BREIDABLIK, D. E. LYSEBO, L. JOHANNESSEN, Å. SKARE, J. R. ANDERSEN, . T. KLEIVEN | August | Ozonized water as an alternative to alcohol-based hand disinfection
M. MARTINELLI, F. GIOVANNANGELI, S. ROTUNNO, C. M. TROMBETTA, E. MONTOMOLI | March | Water and air ozone treatment as an alternative sanitizing technology
BELCHOR FONTES, ANA MARIA C. HEIMBECKER, GLACUS DE SOUZA BRITO, SILVIA F. COSTA, INNEKE M. VAN DER HEIJDEN, ANNA S. LEVIN, SAMIR RASSLAN | December 18th | Effect of low-dose gaseous ozone on pathogenic bacteria
M. PRABAKARAN, SELVI S. TAMIL, S. MERINAL, A. PANNEESELVAN | 2012 | Effect of ozonation on pathogenic bacteria
DICK ZOUTMAN, MICHAEL SHANNON, ARKADY MANDEL | December | Effectiveness of a novel ozone-based system for the rapid high-level disinfection of health care spaces and surfaces
CHIH-SHAN LI, YU-CHUN WANG | June 4th | Surface Germicidal Effects of Ozone for Microorganisms
JAMES B. HUDSON, MANJU SHARMA, SELVARANI VIMALANATHAN | May 27th | Development of a Practical Method for Using Ozone Gas as a Virus Decontaminating Agent
MANJU SHARMA, JAMES B. HUDSON | October | Ozone gas is an effective and practical antibacterial agent
C. A. GARCIA, L. STANZIOLA, I. DE S. VIEIRA, J. H. F. DE F. NAVES, S. M. N. NEVES | July-December | The ozone gas in the decontamination of surgical environments
W. J. KOWALSKI, W. P. BAHNFLETH, T. S. WHITTAM | April 7th | Bactericidal Effects of High Airborne Ozone Concentrations on Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus
KARIN FOARDE, CARY EATON | December | US EPA – Ozone Antimicrobial Efficacy
A. PASCUAL, I. LLORCA, A. CANUT | January | Use of ozone in food industries for reducing the environmental impact of cleaning and disinfection activities
BENJAMAS THANOMSUB, VIPAVEE ANUPUNPISIT, SILCHAI CHANPHETCH & OTHERS | September | Effects of ozone treatment on cell growth and ultrastructural changes in bacteria
RIP G. ICE, MAYA DEE | January | U.S. FDA Regulatory Approval of Ozone as an Antimicrobial Agent – What Is Allowed and What Needs to Be Understood
G. MOORE, C. GRIFFITH, A. PETERS | August | Bactericidal properties of ozone and its potential application as a terminal disinfectant
LAWRENCE B. KILHAM, RANDALL M. DODD | August | The application of ozone for air treatment: Case study of a bingo hall HVAC system
J. M. VAUGHN, Y. S. CHEN, K. LINDBURG, D. MORALES | September | Inactivation of Human and Simian Rotaviruses by Ozone
