Department of Medicine Surgery and Dentistry "Scuola Medica Salernitana", University of Salerno, via S. Allende 1, 84081 Baronissi (SA), Italy.
University Hospital "San Giovanni di Dio e Ruggi D'Aragona", via S. Leonardo, 1, 84131 Salerno, Italy.
Medicina (Kaunas). 2020 Oct 30;56(11):578. doi: 10.3390/medicina56110578.
Ozone has been one of the most investigated and discussed sanitization methods. This paper reports a procedure to sanitize air hospital environments, in particular chirurgical surgery rooms that require high levels of disinfection. The purpose of this work was the development and implementation of a cleansing and sanitizing procedure for critical clinical settings with ozone, to prevent hospital infections by the elimination of all toxic and harmful microorganisms in the air, and ensure safe use for operators and patients. The protocol for the study involved a structured selection of a representative environment of healthcare structures such as high, medium, and low-risk settings in air and examples of hospital furniture. The concentration of ozone was measured during sanitization treatment and the estimation of the total microbial count in the air and on different surfaces before and after the sanitization operations was performed. The results demonstrated a significant reduction in the microbial count that always fell below the threshold value. Currently, there are no air treatment strategies available for inactivating airborne organisms during hospital outbreaks, which is most probably due to the lack of approved protocols.
臭氧一直是研究和讨论最多的消毒方法之一。本文报道了一种对医院环境,特别是需要高水平消毒的外科手术室进行空气消毒的方法。这项工作的目的是开发和实施一种在关键临床环境中使用臭氧进行清洁和消毒的程序,以通过消除空气中所有有毒和有害微生物来预防医院感染,并确保操作人员和患者的安全使用。研究的方案包括对医疗结构的代表性环境(如高、中、低风险环境)进行有结构的选择,并对医院家具进行示例选择。在消毒处理过程中测量臭氧浓度,并在消毒操作前后对空气中和不同表面上的总微生物计数进行估计。结果表明,微生物计数显著减少,始终低于阈值。目前,在医院爆发期间,没有可用的空气处理策略来使空气中的生物失活,这很可能是由于缺乏经过批准的方案。