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waterdog451

11/23/10 10:49 AM

#15600 RE: judypudy #15599

Judy, This is intentionally mentioned BECAUSE in a scenario where there will be NO humans within the environment for an extended period of time, there is no need to "destruct the ozone" and "reengergize with fresh O2. I recently had a meeting with a friend/client of mine who presented me with this scenario with his doctors' office suite which is closed from noon Saturday until 8 am Monday morning, and through EM, we were told this. this is a BIG deal for MY client, as it makes taping off rooms, HVAC systems, etc., etc., not required. and the fact is, that circulating our ozone mixture THROUGH HVAC systems has obvious health benefits. It makes the AsepticSure MUCH more user friendly in these situations.
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phrantic

11/23/10 11:55 AM

#15603 RE: judypudy #15599

The following paragraph seems to be referring to a new application that has not been addressed in any of the preceding literature, news, or PRs.

Closely related to the sterilization equipment required for use in the food processing industry, is equipment for clean room sterilization. The size of the spaces to be sterilized are very similar, thus the design requirements are the same, or very nearly so. It is sometimes taken for granted that clean room manufacturing facilities are clean. However, they are no different than other spaces of concern. When they become contaminated with serious pathogens, it is a challenging situation. Once again we believe a large commercial variant of AsepticSure™ similar to what is required for large room sterilization such as inside of food processing plants, will address these requirements."

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Manti

11/23/10 7:54 PM

#15613 RE: judypudy #15599

Cleanroom
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

A cleanroom is an environment, typically used in manufacturing or scientific research, that has a low level of environmental pollutants such as dust, airborne microbes, aerosol particles and chemical vapors. More accurately, a cleanroom has a controlled level of contamination that is specified by the number of particles per cubic meter at a specified particle size. To give perspective, the ambient air outside in a typical urban environment contains 35,000,000 particles per cubic meter, 0.5 µm and larger in diameter, corresponding to an ISO 9 cleanroom.


Overview

Cleanrooms can be very large. Entire manufacturing facilities can be contained within a cleanroom with factory floors covering thousands of square meters. They are used extensively in semiconductor manufacturing, biotechnology, the life sciences and other fields that are very sensitive to environmental contamination.

The air entering a cleanroom from outside is filtered to exclude dust, and the air inside is constantly recirculated through high efficiency particulate air (HEPA) and/or ultra low particulate air (ULPA) filters to remove internally generated contaminants.

Staff enter and leave through airlocks (sometimes including an air shower stage), and wear protective clothing such as hats, face masks, gloves, boots and coveralls.

Equipment inside the cleanroom is designed to generate minimal air contamination. Even specialised mops and buckets exist. Cleanroom furniture is also designed to produce a minimum of particles and to be easy to clean.

Common materials such as paper, pencils, and fabrics made from natural fibers are often excluded; however, alternatives are available. Cleanrooms are not sterile (i.e., free of uncontrolled microbes)[1] and more attention is given to airborne particles. Particle levels are usually tested using a particle counter.

Some cleanrooms are kept at a positive pressure so that if there are any leaks, air leaks out of the chamber instead of unfiltered air coming in.

Some cleanroom HVAC systems control the humidity to low levels, such that extra equipment ("ionizers") are necessary to prevent electrostatic discharge (ESD) problems.

Low-level cleanrooms may only require special shoes, ones with completely smooth soles that do not track in dust or dirt. However, shoe bottoms must not create slipping hazards (safety always takes precedence). Entering a cleanroom usually requires wearing a cleanroom suit.

In other cleanrooms, in which the standards of air contamination are less rigorous, the entrance to the cleanroom may not have an air shower. There is an anteroom (known as a "gray room"), in which the special suits must be put on, but then a person can walk in directly to the room (as seen in the photograph on the right).

Some manufacturing facilities do not use fully classified cleanrooms, but use some cleanroom practices together to maintain their cleanliness requirements.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleanroom