Juntendo Medical Journal
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Special Reviews: 355th Triannual Meeting of the Juntendo Medical Society “Farewell Lectures of Retiring Professors”[2]
New Countermeasures Against Infections with/after COVID-19: Is Chlorine Dioxide a Useful and Safe Disinfectant?
KAORU OBINATA
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2022 Volume 68 Issue 5 Pages 465-472

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Pandemics of microorganism are serious problem such as corona virus induced disease 2019(COVID-19), and the infectious diseases rapidly transmitted via airborne or aerosol among community space. To prevent aerosol infections, ozone and chlorine dioxide gases are practical methods in room air. However, ozone requires relatively high concentrations for this purpose, which might be toxic to humans present in the room. On the other hand, the low concentration of chlorine dioxide gas and aqueous solution are sufficiently effective against aerosol infection for the causative microorganism, and it is expected that when it is used in combination with a high-efficiency particulate air filter, it will be highly safe with high prevention effect and cost effectiveness.

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