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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.
 
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.
 
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
As the illustrations show, there was no viable trace of the MRSA bug after the garment had undergone an Ozone wash cycle
 
Clostridium Difficile Super Bug Tests *
An EU Suspension test was carried out of the Clostridium Difficile super bug.
 
  • 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 .
* 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.