Ozone disinfection of community pharmacies during the COVID-19 pandemic as a possible preventive measure for infection spread

Piotr Merks; Urszula Religioni; Krzysztof Bilmin; Joanna Bogusz; Grzegorz Juszczyk; Agnieszka Barańska; Robert Kuthan; Ewelina Drelich; Marta Jakubowska; Damian Świeczkowski; Artur Białoszewski; Miłosz Jaguszewski; Edwin Panford-Quainoo; Regis Vaillancourt; Dariusz Białoszewski

doi:10.13075/mp.5893.01091

Ozone disinfection of community pharmacies during the COVID-19 pandemic as a possible preventive measure for infection spread

Piotr Merks, Urszula Religioni, Krzysztof Bilmin, Joanna Bogusz, Grzegorz Juszczyk, Agnieszka Barańska, Robert Kuthan, Ewelina Drelich, Marta Jakubowska, Damian Świeczkowski, Artur Białoszewski, Miłosz Jaguszewski, Edwin Panford-Quainoo, Regis Vaillancourt, Dariusz Białoszewski

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Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic is currently one of the major global health and economic challenges. An efficient method for reducing the transmission of the virus is a still unmet medical need. Existing experimental data have shown that coronavirus survival is negatively impacted by ozone, high temperature, and low humidity. Therefore, it is feasible to use area ozonation in pharmacies - the front line of the healthcare system. Nevertheless, further work is needed to evaluate the effectiveness of ozone disinfection to reduce the transmission of this virus in pharmacies, hospitals, and other public environments. Med Pr. 2021;72.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	529-534
Number of pages	6
Journal	Medycyna Pracy
Volume	72
Issue number	5
Early online date	10 Jun 2021
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.13075/mp.5893.01091
Publication status	Published - 1 Oct 2021

Keywords

coronavirus
disinfection
ozone
pandemic
pharmacist
pharmacy

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Merks, P., Religioni, U., Bilmin, K., Bogusz, J., Juszczyk, G., Barańska, A., Kuthan, R., Drelich, E., Jakubowska, M., Świeczkowski, D., Białoszewski, A., Jaguszewski, M., Panford-Quainoo, E., Vaillancourt, R., & Białoszewski, D. (2021). Ozone disinfection of community pharmacies during the COVID-19 pandemic as a possible preventive measure for infection spread. Medycyna Pracy, 72(5), 529-534. https://doi.org/10.13075/mp.5893.01091

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