# Dry Fogging Technology Vs. COVID-19

- Link: https://sifsof.com/clinical-apps/dry-fogging-technology-vs-covid-19/
- Published: 2020-03-21T08:50:00+00:00
- Author: Developer

Dry fogging with hydrogen peroxide has been used in various sectors including laboratories,
biotech food production and healthcare for many years. However, the recent outbreak
of the Novel Coronavirus COVID-19 sparkled the need for this decontamination technology
to be used in many other public facilities, such as airports, train stations, hospitals,
malls ..etc.  

The term “dry fog” is used where a disinfectant fog is made of droplets in the size
of 10 µm or smaller. Dry fogging is a relatively new decontamination technology 
that uses liquid disinfectant and compressed air as consumables. The ultrafine droplet
size of the dry fog helps it to resist gravity and prevents it from easily falling
onto surfaces, therefore ensuring as desirable quality for space/surface decontamination.

The dry fog deployment excels at sterilizing large complex areas. Some machines 
that are designed specifically for this purpose, such as the mobile disinfection
robot: [**SIFROBOT-6.1**](https://sifsof.com/product/disinfection-mobile-healthcare-robot-sifrobot-6-1/),
that would sterilize an area in a fraction of the time it would take for manual 
cleaning. Besides a large manual cleaning mean an increased contamination risk.

Additionally, for traditional cleaning methods, not all environmental surfaces are
targeted, and even cleaning of high-touch surfaces is susceptible to human error.
Interventions not effectively targeting all environmental surfaces leave reservoirs
of contagious viruses.

For this reason, dry fogging system is a better option to combat the relentless
widespread of **the Novel Coronavirus COVID-19**  since it kills at least 99.999%
[**(log6)**](https://www.endurocide.com/knowledge-base/blogs/log-reductions-a-beginners-guide-2/)
of harmful bacteria, viruses, fungi and mould, and offers outstanding support to
any infection prevention and hygiene regime.

Reference: [Journal of Hospital Infections.](https://www.journalofhospitalinfection.com/article/S0195-6701(05)00382-8/fulltext)

 * ![Disinfection Mobile Healthcare Robot SIFBOT-6.1](https://sifsof.com/wp-content/
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 * Disinfection Mobile Healthcare Robot SIFBOT-6.1

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