Ozone - C- 19 disinfectant for confined spaces?
Ozone - C- 19 disinfectant for confined spaces?
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Eagleye

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550 posts

84 months

Sunday 22nd March 2020
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https://www.ozonicshunting.com/default/blog/using-...

Just looking at this as a means to disinfect say a bedroom where a C- 19 patient has been.

Can anyone who knows what their talking about comment on this or point in a direction where there has been testing done?

I've used an ozone generator before to kill mould, fungus and bad smells and it's amazing how quickly they work but they can be dangerous and the smell they create takes some time to clear but could be a practical way to make a bedroom quickly virus free if it works.

I believe another way is just to leave the room unused for 72 hours but that isn't always practical.

GAjon

4,087 posts

242 months

Sunday 22nd March 2020
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From experience I know choking on Ozone is scary and you don’t know it’s happening until you start to choke.

nute

916 posts

136 months

Sunday 22nd March 2020
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There are several firms making UV disinfecting contraptions now, one of which is a remote control robot thing with a high output UV set up which drives around the infected areas, think they are about £50K.

Ozone

3,104 posts

216 months

Sunday 22nd March 2020
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GAjon said:
From experience I know choking on Ozone is scary and you don’t know it’s happening until you start to choke.
That was a crazy night. I'm glad you're OK.

Mrs Ozone says 'Pffft - amateur' wink

Piersman2

6,676 posts

228 months

Sunday 22nd March 2020
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Ozone said:
GAjon said:
From experience I know choking on Ozone is scary and you don’t know it’s happening until you start to choke.
That was a crazy night. I'm glad you're OK.

Mrs Ozone says 'Pffft - amateur' wink
laugh

GAjon

4,087 posts

242 months

Sunday 22nd March 2020
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Ozone said:
GAjon said:
From experience I know choking on Ozone is scary and you don’t know it’s happening until you start to choke.
That was a crazy night. I'm glad you're OK.

Mrs Ozone says 'Pffft - amateur' wink
Yeah, Happy days!

Mr Pointy

13,371 posts

188 months

Sunday 22nd March 2020
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Big Clive has a video on UVC & ozone death lamps:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1m0TQjBRcFo

robwilk

818 posts

209 months

Sunday 22nd March 2020
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Eagleye said:
https://www.ozonicshunting.com/default/blog/using-...

Just looking at this as a means to disinfect say a bedroom where a C- 19 patient has been.

Can anyone who knows what their talking about comment on this or point in a direction where there has been testing done?

I've used an ozone generator before to kill mould, fungus and bad smells and it's amazing how quickly they work but they can be dangerous and the smell they create takes some time to clear but could be a practical way to make a bedroom quickly virus free if it works.

I believe another way is just to leave the room unused for 72 hours but that isn't always practical.
This is what we have been doing , i have been under self isolation and have used the ozone generator to disinfect the room,I don't know if it works but i cant see why not works well on other bugs / moulds etc
I also used it to clean my van after driving home after being possibly infected , so that others could use it.


theguvernor15

1,068 posts

132 months

Sunday 22nd March 2020
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One of our suppliers makes a food safe system that maybe of use to you...
Check out the Hygenikx system from Mechline.
We can get hold of them, but it’s aimed at commercial customers so it may not be cost effective for home use.

davhill

5,263 posts

213 months

Monday 23rd March 2020
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robwilk said:
This is what we have been doing , i have been under self isolation and have used the ozone generator to disinfect the room,I don't know if it works but i cant see why not works well on other bugs / moulds etc
I also used it to clean my van after driving home after being possibly infected , so that others could use it.
I read on the 'net that while ozone genenerators are good on particulate things, like mould spores, pet dander and smoke,
viruses are too small for them to be effective.

sleepezy

2,138 posts

263 months

Wednesday 8th April 2020
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I've spent a couple of years working on the development of the business behind food hygiene focused Ozone equipment. It's efficacy on simple hygiene issues is brilliant, where it fails is on very high bacterial load or bacteria that's managed to get itself ingrained in material/high fat content.

As a result of the latest outbreak we worked with a sister company to review and assess the impact of Ozone on viruses - results are very good (we already knew it'd be OK, this was specific testing) and a 'new' product was developed/rushed out, being a 'fogging' solution (similar to but small to the ones we already had), mainly into the NHS. Fortunately we are well funded and our main backer pushed this forward and the units out without having to wait for normal commercial terms.

A proper fogging solution will work well - our units are commercial focused, not sure about anything retail.

We are also mid-working through a small 'point of use' unit to sit alongside normal wash-stations - this is taking some time, guess where manufacturing was supposed to be!

Troubleatmill

10,210 posts

188 months

Wednesday 8th April 2020
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Piersman2 said:
Ozone said:
GAjon said:
From experience I know choking on Ozone is scary and you don’t know it’s happening until you start to choke.
That was a crazy night. I'm glad you're OK.

Mrs Ozone says 'Pffft - amateur' wink
laugh
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