Nov 17, 2020 | Education, Health care
A recent study by researchers at Fujita Health University has shown that low concentrations of ozone can neutralise Coronavirus particles. This potentially heralds a new way for hospitals to disinfect examination rooms and waiting areas, limiting the spread of...
Feb 1, 2020 | BioZone AC, Health care
Like H5N1 bird flu in 1997 and the SARS epidemic of 2002 to 2003, the newest coronavirus is an infection which causes viral pneumonia, illness many times more severe than a common cold, acute respiratory distress, and a high fatality rate. Hygiene products from...
Oct 2, 2014 | Education, Food Service, Health care, hospitality, IceZone
Properly sanitizing an ice machine can be a time consuming and labor intensive process, which is why it is so often neglected or improperly completed. To begin with, to prepare an ice machine for cleaning and sanitizing it should be turned off overnight to allow any...
Sep 16, 2014 | Education, Food Service, Health care, hospitality, IceZone
We’ve spent a lot of time writing and taking about the dangers of improperly sanitized ice machines. The consequences of not maintaining an ice machine can range from mildly annoying (changes in the taste of beverages) to downright devastating (sick customers)....
Sep 9, 2014 | Education, Food Service, Health care, hospitality, IceZone
Slime, also known as yeast, mold, biofilm, organic growth, and biological pollution, can come in all different color, shapes and sizes. The precursors to slime are naturally occurring in the air and are typically introduced into ice machines and other foodservice...
May 13, 2014 | Food Service, Health care, IceZone
This last November and December, UPMC Presbyterian in Pennsylvania learned firsthand the damage that a contaminated hospital ice machine can do when one patient died and two were sickened. Staff members were first alerted to the possible connection between a patient...
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