Medicine

MRSA: Fight Superbug Using Hydrogen Peroxide Vapour

September 18, 2007
Jon Otter
Jon Otter

REFERENCE: Poster Session 033 K-464, 47th Annual Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC), Chicago, 2007
JON OTTER, Bioquell Ltd, Andover UK
An investigation looking at hydrogen peroxide vapour for sterilisation in hospital areas at risk of an outbreak of MRSA revealed that it can significantly reduce environmental contamination. Nicola Solomon discussed this new technique with Jon Otter of Bioquell Ltd.

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