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Exhaustive laboratory tests were performed by Microsearch
Laboratories.
Below are a sample of tests carried out on MRSA and Clostridium
Difficile infected materials. |
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| MRSA Super Bug Test * |
| A comparison was made on tests carried out on laundry contaminated
with a strain of MRSA. |
Two nurses uniforms had been implanted with a MRSA infected
membrane before any laundry process had
been carried out. |
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| Unwashed |
Washed in a 40oc cycle |
Ozone Wash |
| MRSA bug on Membrane |
Residual MRSA bug present |
No trace of the MRSA bug on the membrane |
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| As the illustrations show, there was no viable trace of the
MRSA bug after the garment had undergone an Ozone wash cycle |
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| Clostridium Difficile Super Bug Tests * |
| An EU Suspension test was carried out of the Clostridium Difficile
super bug. |
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- Water containing Clostridium Difficile was held at a temperature
of 75oc, for 15 minutes.**
It was found to have retained numerous Clostridium Difficile
Spores.
- Ozonated water containing Clostridium Difficile was held
at a temperature of 40oc for 21/2 minutes.
No viable traces of any spores were found.
- A microfibre mop head, used on hospital wards, was washed
using the Ozonated water.
It was found to be bug free.
- Another mop head was washed using the conventional thermal
disinfection cycle
It was rife with Clostridium Difficile .
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| * All tests and results were carried out by Microsearch Laboratories
on behalf of JLA Ltd. |
| ** NHS guidelines for thermal disinfection cycles allow for
similar laundering at lower temperatures for shorter periods.
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