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Preparation of Ozonated Water and Oil for the Topical Therapy – Ozone as a Drinking Water Disinfectant: Ozone Disinfection to Prevent Nosocomial Infections

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In the world, there are millions of people affected by dirty traumatic lesions, infected wounds, chronic torpid ulcers, bed sores, burns, herpetic lesions, fungal infections and insect stings, who suffer for a long time because the conventional topical treatments based on antibiotics and anti-inflammatory drugs are not sufficiently effective. Unfortunately, most physicians and nurses are not aware of the potency and efficacy of both ozonated water and oil. When possible, by enclosing a leg inside a polythene bag, we can also use the gas mixture: oxygen-ozone, but we must avoid the risk of breathing ozone and not all generators are equipped with a suction pump connected to an ozone destructor. On the other hand, it is easy to apply a gauze compress soaked with ozonated water or oil to any part of the body.

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Bocci, V. (2010). Preparation of Ozonated Water and Oil for the Topical Therapy – Ozone as a Drinking Water Disinfectant: Ozone Disinfection to Prevent Nosocomial Infections. In: OZONE. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-9234-2_3

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