Replies to post #41998 on Medizone Intl. (fka MZEIQ)

[Tane61]

Again, FALSE & MISLEADING

"Fact is that there were no infections for over a year, as opposed to several a month before AS treatment."

Fact is

On average we have had one or two new MRSA cases per month on the ward.

Medizone has NO published studies showing even a 1% reduction in HAI infection rates let alone 100% reduction.

Any attempt to derive a HAI reduction figure (eg 100%), after treating a 14-bed ward on Sills 4 at QHC Belleville INSIDER Hospital, so as to be able to extrapolate future HAI reductions is FLAWED & STATISTICALLY INVALID

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No infections for over a year on the 14-bed ward ...


Shannon (December 19 2012)

Medizone is now looking at ways of integrating AsepticSure into a comprehensive program - one that would involve improved patient and staff education, enhanced day-to-day cleaning procedures and even improved disinfection solutions. Collectively, these enhancements and improvements may very well further reduce the incidence of HAI.

The reality below is in stark contrast to the fantasy above!

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Published Study:

Hydrogen Peroxide Vapor Enhances Hospital Disinfection of Superbugs

Results showed that the enhanced cleaning reduced by 64 percent the number of patients who later became contaminated with any of the most common drug-resistant organisms.

Some 6,350 patient admissions to JHH were closely tracked as part of the two-and-a-half-year analysis, as patients moved into and out of 180 private hospital rooms. Almost half the rooms received enhanced cleaning with hydrogen peroxide vapor in between patients, while the rest did not.

The current study had only sufficient numbers to statistically validate the paired unit's effectiveness against VRE.

http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/hydrogen_peroxide_vapor_enhances_hospital_disinfection_of_superbugs

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NOT ONE (1) SALE TO A HOSPITAL NOR ONE (1) HOSPITAL SERVICE CONTRACT HAS BEEN REPORTED, WORLDWIDE (The manufacture of the first production unit was announced back in April 2012)

[Tane61]

MZEI: Twenty (20) deaths were never claimed!


"My main point was that his claim that those twenty deaths wouldn't have been prevented by AS is meaningless and totally irrelevant."

PATENTLY FALSE & TOTALLY MISLEADING


No one ever claimed "twenty deaths"

I would have thought that the distinction between a dead patient and a patient with a Hospital Acquired Infection ("twenty tested positive for MERS") was blatantly obvious? Obviously not!


AGAIN:

Twenty (20) HAIs Medizone COULD NOT have prevented...

nor any other 'no-touch' automated room disinfection system. No silver bullet!

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"No one ever claimed, as his post implied, that AS is a cure for people who are already infected."

PATENTLY FALSE & TOTALLY MISLEADING


Any suggestion that hydrogen peroxide and ozone is a "cure for people" that have a Hospital Acquired Infection (HAI) is beyond absurd - it's laughable. Kill pathogens and the patient, what a novel idea.

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January 28, 2011

Joan Harrigan-Farrelly
Director
Antimicrobial Division
Office of Pesticide Programs
U.S Environment Protection Agency

Dear Ms. Harrigan-Farrelly:

On behalf of the Association for Professionals in Infection Prevention (APIC), the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) and the Association for the Healthcare Environment (AHE) formerly ASHES, we welcome the opportunity to comment on the topic of fogging applications for disinfectants. The issues are very pertinent to our organizations and we are responding collectively to reinforce our close agreement on mutual concerns, especially worker safety.....When used properly, HP also likely offers a greater margin of safety compared to other chemicals that can also be applied by vapor such as chlorine dioxide or ozone.(Davies A, 2011, in press JHI)

7. Are there any active ingredients that may be problematic for your facility as foggers?

Ingredients that affect OSHA exposure limits that may affect workers, especially agents such as formaldehyde or phenol-based agents, would be a concern. The latter were chemicals that stimulated investigation and ultimately specific recommendations against their use by CDC. Other chemicals such as chlorine dioxide and ozone also have many documented safety issues that would preclude their use in healthcare facilities.(Davies,JHI2011)

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Twenty (20) HAIs Medizone COULD NOT have prevented...

nor any other 'no-touch' automated room disinfection system. No silver bullet!

MERS-CoV – another outbreak in Saudi

MERS-CoV or Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus, has gone off-of-the-radar in the European and US media; however, the problem remains in Middle eastern countries and in particular Saudi Arabia, where people continue to become infected and die.

On the 19th June, the WHO reported an outbreak of MERS-CoV in Riyadh City. From the 12th June to 22nd June, 34 cases of MERS-CoV were reported, of which at least one patient has died and several others are in critical condition within ICU. Approximately 75% of the cases were reported in Riyadh and roughly half of the infected patients were healthcare workers.

According to the WHO reports, the outbreak occurred due to a female patient being admitted to a Riyadh hospital with non-MERS related symptoms, but in fact the lady was infected with MERS. The MERS infection was undiagnosed and the patient was treated in the Emergency department and then transferred to a multi-bed ward within the vascular surgery department. By the time the MERS infection was diagnosed, the patient had come into contact with at least 49 health care workers and other patients. Of the contacts who have been traced, twenty tested positive for MERS.

According to the WHO, since Sept 2012 there have been 1,768 confirmed diagnoses of MERS-CoV and 630 notified deaths. The actual number of cases and death rate is probably far higher, as many infections and deaths may go unreported.

This new outbreak, which is on-going, again serves to show the high transmissibility and virulence of the MERS coronavirus. Isolation of infected patients is critical and healthcare workers should always employ standard contact precautions when treating any patients showing respiratory symptoms.

www.bioquell.com/en-uk/media-centre/blog/all-categories/mers-cov-another-outbreak-saudi/