THE PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF OZONE GAS AS AN ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT
Sharma, Manju*; Hudson, James
Susceptibilities of 15 different medically important bacteria to gaseous ozone are tested.
Inactivation of Surface Viruses by Gaseous Ozone, Tseng, Li 2008
Ozone found to be effective in producing 1-3 log kills of viruses on surfaces. Results given for effects of differing ozone and relative humidity concentrations. Survival fractions of viruses found to decrease exponentially with increasing ozone dose.
Inactivation ofBacillus anthracis Spores,
Whitney, et. al., 2003
Reviewed publications from 1930 – 2002. Provides comparative study of efficacy of chemical, gaseous, and radiative methods to inactivate Bacillus spores.
Application ofgaseous ozone forinactivation of bacillussubtilis spores,Gurol,Aydogan 2006
Effectiveness of gaseous ozone tested on bacillus subtilis spores. Ozone found to be very effective, especially when used with high relative humidity. 3 log inactivation was obtained within 4 hours. Surface effects (carpet vs. hard surfaces) were also investigated.
Ozone and Anthrax - Knowns andUnknowns, Rice, 2010
Report on effectiveness of ozone against anthrax.
Demonstration of a HermeticAirborne OzoneDisinfectionSystem: Studies on E. coli, Kowalski, et. al. 2003
The possibility of using ozone as an airborne disinfectant for internal building surfaces
and catalytically removing the ozone on exhaust is demonstrated to be feasible. A model for
the decay of Bacillus cereus under ozone exposure is proposed as an example for predicting
the sterilization of buildings contaminated with anthrax.
The Influence Of Chemical And Other AgentsUpon The Toxicity And Antigenic Power, Of Ricin,Carmichael, 1928
Ozone was found to destroy ricin in animal studies.
Use of Gaseous Ozone for Eradicationof Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcusaureus From the HomeEnvironmentof a Colonized Hospital Employee,de Boer, et. al. 2006
Description of successful environmental decontamination of MRSA.
MRSA “Super Bug” Not Ozone Resistant, Water and Wastes Digest, 2007
Report from International Ozone Association of successful MRSA decontamination from health care facilities linens using ozonated water in laundry.