ArticleJournal of preventive medicine and hygiene2017
Water and air ozone treatment as an alternative sanitizing technology.
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- Efficacy of an experimental gaseous ozone-based sterilization method for clear aligners.The Angle orthodontist · 2024Article
- Chemical Variations Induced by Ozonization of 5% Glucose Solution and Evaluation of Generated Compounds.Cureus · 2024Article
- Ozone Decontamination of Medical and Nonmedical Devices: An Assessment of Design and Implementation Considerations.Industrial & engineering chemistry research · 2023Review
- Efficacy of ozonated water over chlorhexidine mouth rinse in chronic gingivitis patients - A comparative clinical study.The Saudi dental journal · 2022Article
- Effectiveness of ozone generated by a dielectric barrier discharge plasma reactor against multidrug-resistant pathogens and Clostridioides difficile spores.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Microbial Inactivation: Gaseous or Aqueous Ozonation?Industrial & engineering chemistry research · 2022Article
- Effect of Ozone Gas on Removal of Airborne Particles.European journal of dentistry · 2022Article
- A Practical Assessment of the Disinfectant Efficacy of UV Light with and without Ozone Using a Novel Transfer Hatch in a Research Animal Facility.Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science : JAALAS · 2022Article
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- Impact of ozonated water disinfestation on soil fungal community composition in continuous ginger field.PloS one · 2022Article
- Biofilm disruption and bactericidal activity of aqueous ozone coupled with ultrasonic dental scaling.JADA foundational science · 2022Article
- Detrimental Effect of Ozone on Pathogenic Bacteria.Microorganisms · 2021Article
- Can ozone inactivate SARS-CoV-2? A review of mechanisms and performance on viruses.Journal of hazardous materials · 2021Review
- In Vitro Evaluation of Ozonated Water Treatment on the Viability ofVeterinary sciences · 2021Article
- Back to Basics: Choosing the Appropriate Surface Disinfectant.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
- Assessing the potential of unmanned aerial vehicle spraying of aqueous ozone as an outdoor disinfectant for SARS-CoV-2.Environmental research · 2021Article
- COVID-19 Dentistry-Related Aspects: A Literature Overview.International dental journal · 2021Review
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Abstract
aimsWe investigated the effectiveness of ozone (aqueous and gaseous) treatment as an alternative sanitizing technology to common conventional disinfectants in reducing the microbial contamination of both water and air.
methodsOzone was added for 20 minutes to a well-defined volume of water and air by the system named "Ozonomatic
resultsWhen the ozonisation equipment was located at 30 cm from the surface of the water in the bath tub in which the bacteria investigated were inoculated, the treatment was able to reduce the total microbial load present in the aerosol by 70.4% at a temperature of 36°C for 48 hours. Conversely, at 22°C for 5 days, only a modest decrease (9.1%) was observed. Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa were completely eliminated. A 93.9% reduction was observed for Staphylococcus aureus, followed by Streptococcus faecalis (25.9%). The addition of ozone to water was able to almost eliminate Staphylococcus aureus (98.9% reduction) and also to exert a strong impact on Legionella pneumophila (87.5% reduction). Streptococcus faecalis and Pseudomonas aeruginosa showed a decrease of 64.2% and 57.4%, respectively. Conversely, only a 26.4% reduction was observed for the bacterium Escherichia coli. This study showed that the addition of ozone in the air exerted a modest reduction on microbial load at 36°C, whereas no effect was observed at 22°C.
conclusionsAqueous and gaseous ozone treatments were effective against microbial contaminants, reducing the CFU of the microorganisms studied. These results confirm the efficacy of the ozone disinfection treatment of both water and air; particularly, it constitutes an extremely promising alternative, allowing the possibility to reuse contaminated water.
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