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May 2021
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Inside the May Issue |
Microbes’ Achilles’ Heel
Disinfection Practices: Constant Change in Containment Approach
BY WILLIAM D. ZWEIG, MD
“An ounce of prevention is
worth a pound of cure.”
— Benjamin Franklin 1736
Since the Justinian Plague of 541 A.D.
in the Eastern Roman Empire, much has
occurred, not excluding the rise of transportation
and importance of worldwide
travel for commerce and pleasure. With
this occurrence, so has the reduction in
time it takes for continental and global
spread of novel infectious diseases.
For that reason, pandemics have become more frequent and will continue to occur well after the Covid-19 pandemic has passed. In the meantime, it is important to use all measures available to combat those pandemic processes which remain. Whether Bird or Swine flu, MERs or SARs, Covid-19 found a species without immunity, willing to assist in its spread.
By using masks, social distancing, handsanitizers and disinfectants, an approach was established on reducing the spread of infectious disease. Each approach however does have their limitations.
For example, the N95 mask filters 95
percent of particles 0.3 microns in size or
larger; Covid-19 is 0.13 microns and is
smaller in size. Covid-19 mostly travels by
respiratory droplets, and even if people do wear masks, the particles can still exit out the side; and with some masks, through the material itself.
Once landing on a variety of surfaces, it can live and be infectious for up to three days, positioned for contact spread. Like all microbes, they remain a dangerous and invisible enemy when given the right circumstances.
Hand sanitizers and traditional disinfectants remove the microbial footprint as it exists, but once dried, their ffectiveness ends until reapplied. Unintentional recontamination of the surface and then to the hand becomes a tool of transmission through eyes, nasal and oral passages. Full story »
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