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Hospital indoor air contains a
diverse range of microbial population. The
significance of these microbes is debatable in some
quarters, where as elsewhere it may be considered
significant. Microorganisms are the primary source
of indoor air contamination in hospitals wards,
labs, Operation Theater.
The indoor air environment can potentially place
patient at greater risk than the outside environment
because enclosed spaces can confine aerosols and
allow them to build up to infectious level.
Generally Staphylococcus aureus,
Staphylococcus epidermidis, Escherichia coli,
Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Proteus mirabilis and
Klebsiella aerogenes and the fungal isolates include
Aspergillus, Penicillum, are present in hospital
wards, Operation Theater, and labs. Air in
hospitals, medical laboratories and nursing homes
can be contaminated by all of the above-mentioned
contaminants, as well as by volatile medicinal
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Ozone Effects:-
• Ozone is both a strong
oxidizing agent as well as a strong disinfectant
• Ozone interferes with the metabolism of bacterium
cells most likely through inhibiting and blocking
the operation of the
enzymatic control system.
• A sufficient amount of ozone breaks through the
cell membrane, and this leads to the destruction of
the bacteria.
• Ozone destroys viruses by diffusing through the
protein coat into nucleic acid core, resulting in
damage of the viral RNA.
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