Efficacy of hydrogen peroxide vapour

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Bioquell hydrogen peroxide vapour technology is effective against a wide range of microbes, including bacteria, mould, fungi and viruses. This section provides a scientific profile and background data on many of the common types of microbes that exist.

Microbes

Acinetobacter baumannii

Acinetobacter is an oxidase-negative, non-fermentative, Gram-negative rod.

Aspergillus fumigatus

Aspergillus fumigatus is the primary cause of aspergillosis infection in humans. Although aspergillosis can be acquired in the community a large proportion of cases emerge from the hospital environment.

Avian influenza (bird flu) H5N1

There are 15 types of avian or bird flu. Most contagious and usually fatal in birds are the strains H5 and H7. Even within the H5N1 strain, variations have been seen throughout the different regions so far affected.

Bacillus anthracis

Bacillus anthracis is a Gram-positive endospore-forming rod more commonly called “anthrax”. In 2001 the organism was used as part of a terrorist attack on the USA, where a highly virulent strain of anthrax was mailed to senators killing 5 people.

Candida albicans

Candida albicans is a yeast that is capable of shifting its morphology to suit a particular ecological niche.

Clostridium difficile

Clostridium difficile is an anaerobic, Gram-positive, spore-forming rod, which can colonise the human gut and cause toxin-mediated, usually antibiotic-associated disease

Community associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus CA-MRSA

MRSA has typically been associated with nosocomial (hospital-acquired) infection. More recently, the epidemiology has changed and new MRSA strains have emerged causing infection in previously healthly individuals without previous healthcare contact

Enterobacter aerogenes

Enterobacter aerogenes is a Gram-negative rod-shaped microorganism from the Enterobacteriaceae family

Enterococcus faecium / faecalis

Enterococci are Gram-positive cocci that exist as chains or single cells. They are catalase negative, facultatively anaerobic lactic acid bacteria.

Enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli EHEC

As with other pathotypes of E. coli, EHEC is a Gram-negative rod that commonly resides in the intestinal tract of humans and animals.

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Hydrogen peroxide vapour (HPV) biological efficacy

This document looks at specific organisms and the efficacy of hydrogen peroxide vapour (HPV) against types and groups of organisms.

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