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

5/2021 vol. 72

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

Piotr Merks ^1,2,3

Urszula Religioni ⁴

Krzysztof Bilmin ¹

Joanna Bogusz ⁵

Grzegorz Juszczyk ⁶

Agnieszka Barańska ⁷

Robert Kuthan ^1,8

Ewelina Drelich ^2,3

Marta Jakubowska ³

Damian Świeczkowski ^3,9

Artur Białoszewski ¹⁰

Miłosz Jaguszewski ^3,9

Edwin Panford-Quainoo ¹¹

Regis Vaillancourt ¹²

Dariusz Białoszewski ¹³

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Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University, Warsaw, Poland (Faculty of Medicine, Collegium Medicum)

Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Bydgoszcz, Poland (Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy)

Polska Grupa Farmaceutyczna S.A., Łódź, Poland

Warsaw School of Economics, Warsaw, Poland (Collegium of Business Administration)

National Institute of Public Health – National Institute of Hygiene, Warsaw, Poland

Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland (Department of Public Health)

Medical University of Lublin, Lublin, Poland (Department of Computer Science and Medical Statistics with the Studio of Remote Learning)

Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland (Chair and Department of Medical Microbiology)

Medical University of Gdansk, Gdańsk, Poland (First Department of Cardiology)

Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland (Department of Prevention of Environmental Hazards and Allergology)

Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Canada

Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland (Department of Rehabilitation, Faculty of Medical Sciences)

Online publication date: 2021-06-10

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Piotr Merks

Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University, Faculty of Medicine, Collegium Medicum, Wóycickiego 1/3, 01-938 Warsaw, Poland

Med Pr Work Health Saf. 2021;72(5):529-34

DOI: https://doi.org/10.13075/mp.5893.01091

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impact of harmful factors on the human body

health promotion

occupational and environmental determinants of the health status of the population

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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(5):529–34

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