2024/11/26 by Anne Marcic, Marcic, Anne, Albert Nienhaus +10 · 1 citation
Medicine · #Arbeitsschutz #Biozidverordnung #Grenzwerte #Infection Control and Ventilation #Inhalationstoxizität #Medical and Biological Ozone Research #Medicine and health #Ozon #biocide regulation #decontaminating surface cleaning #dekontaminierende Flächenreinigung #inhalation toxicity #occupational safety #ozone
paper · doi:10.3205/dgkh000518
openalex publication_date 2024/11/26 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/01
In terms of infection control, environmental cleaning is critical in nursing homes, including long term care facilities. According to the statement of the Commission of Hospital Hygiene and Infection Prevention (KRINKO) at the Robert Koch Institute Berlin on the requirements for disinfectants in these areas, procedures should be used that have been certified by the Association for Applied Hygiene (VAH) for the necessary spectrum of efficacy (or are listed accordingly in the disinfectant list of the Robert Koch Institute). Since ozone is a powerfully oxidizing gas with high inhalation toxicity, the conditions of ap-plication and the measures for occupational safety - including ensuring that the limit value in indoor air is not exceeded when handling and using the product -, must be declared by the manufacturer and observed by the staff to exclude toxic long-term hazard.