I have spoken with many nurses recently and they want to disinfect their PPE. I think one solution would be ozone and UV ultraviolet light. This could be implemented right away and critical as every hospital is running out of PPE.
What do you need to get started?This plan would work for 10 nurses. You need one universal set up with an ozone generator, medical oxygen tank and a regulator. A sanitizing system for 10 nurses would cost around 141.00 dollars. If you need to see it to believe it - watch this:
How much ozone is needed to be effective? Sent to me by an expert.
Log reduction is a mathematical term that is used to express the relative number of living microbes or active viruses that are eliminated by disinfection, and corresponds to inactivating 90% of a target microbe with the microbe count being reduced by a factor of 10. Thus, a 2 Log reduction will see a 99% reduction, or microbe reduction by a factor of 100, and so on. The table below shows the chart of Log reduction.
|
Log Reduction |
Reduction Factor |
Percent Reduced |
|
1 |
10 |
90% |
|
2 |
100 |
99% |
|
3 |
1,000 |
99.9% |
|
4 |
10,000 |
99.99% |
|
5 |
100,000 |
99.999% |
|
6 |
1,000,000 |
99.9999% |
An easy way to remember this scale is that the number of nines is equal to the Log reduction number. For example, 1 Log = 90%, 3 Logs = 99.9, 5 Logs = 99.999, etc.
Depending on the virus targeted, concentration and exposure time varies. Considering the structure of SARS-CoV-2, and how like viruses respond to ozone exposure, it is estimated that as little as 1 ppm concentration for a matter of seconds is sufficient to achieve as much as 4 logs disinfection. A good quality ozone generator should have no problem reaching this concentration within a short period of time. So seconds can make a difference.
Are there other methods to disinfect PPE? Sure. let's look at the list - steam sterilization, gamma irradiation, ozone, ultraviolet light and ethylene oxide.
We all want to protect our healthcare workers and first responders.
Please share with others to pass the ideas around. If you know a provider ask them what disinfection methods their facility/hospital is using to protect their workers. Let me know what your facility is using for disinfection. We need to work together to protect our first responders. Providers need solutions.
Of course, individuals can order a home ozone generator and use it to ozonate water, self-care treatments and do home disinfection.
Here is one home care therapy shared with me -
https://plenacuraevets.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/H2O2-nebulization-therapy-for-COVID19.pdf
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Stay strong. See you on the other side of this crisis. Your ozone expert.
Dr. Isadora Guggenheim ND, FNP, RN, CNS, MS, LMT
