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News Technology New processes use ozone and viruses to kill harmful bacteria
| New processes use ozone and viruses to kill harmful bacteria |
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| Tuesday, 13 December 2011 17:55 | |||
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According to Dr. Dick Zoutman of Queen's University in Canada, over 100,000 people die every year in North America alone, due to hospital-acquired infections. It would only seem to follow that
hospitals need to be kept cleaner, and Zoutman has developed something that he says can do the job - an ozone and hydrogen peroxide vapor gas. Some bacteria are particularly tenacious, however, and that's where Dr. Udi Qimron of Tel Aviv University comes into the picture. He has developed a liquid solution in which viruses are used to make antibiotic-resistant bacteria once again vulnerable to traditional cleansers...
Continue Reading New processes use ozone and viruses to kill harmful bacteria Section: Health and WellbeingTags: Bacteria,
Cleaner,
Infections,
Queens University,
Tel Aviv University
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