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Very cool and creative. I like the history too. I could see hospitals using something like this. We often hear that the chemicals used for cleaning could creat

Very cool and creative. I like the history too. I could see hospitals using something like this. We often hear that the chemicals used for cleaning could create stronger germs (virus or bacteria?), so maybe this could help with that problem? How unlikely is it that non hazardous bacteria could become hazardous? I saw the comment about how it seems odd in the era of covid. Yeah… I don’t like red tape for most things but I’d just like to know some experts looked into it thoroughly.

foxyv 5y ago
Cleaners themselves don't create stronger germs. It's the use of antibiotics in cleaning solutions that can possibly cause problems. Stuff like antibacterial hand soap and washes. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3366732/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3366732/ Bacteria already have resistance to cleaners though. Biofilms are a huge issue when sterilizing tools and rooms in hospitals. Usually you have to remove the top millimeter of some surfaces just to get rid of the biofilms. They can survive extremely high temperatures and chemical environments. The dead bacteria on the top of the film make a barrier from the ones deep inside. One of my professors in college was working on a way to sterilize surfaces using cold plasma and was seeing some promise for deactivating biofilms.