How many PPM? How often?
I got a great e-mail today from Joanne from Buffalo New York. She found my blog! I am so excited. She wrote:
“I am a dental hygienist in Buffalo NY area and we are preparing to open our offices for non-emergent care next week. I took your webinar on fogging with HOCL and brought it to the attention of my boss and coworkers. Everyone is on board with this and we are securing the equipment. Our plan is to fog the rooms between patients as I understand the solution is safe and kills the virus quickly. Other webinars have said to use only during lunch and end of day. It seems since any patient could have asymptomatic Covid you should sterilize the air after each patient before the next. In your opinion is it safe to fog the room and bring another patient in after 10 min or so? Also, do you use 200 ppm? I’ve seen some offices use 100 ppm. Thank you so much for your help and the excellent webinar.”
My response:
Hi Joanne,
YOU JUST MADE MY DAY!! I started the blog yesterday and I am so excited that you found it. It is the only way that I feel that I can get the information out to as many people as possible. It can be really confusing. I hope to send out a newsletter with updates every week to subscribers as well.
You are absolutely correct. Our biggest concern is the asymptomatic COVID patient and I am fogging between every patient. I am using 200 ppm Although, I think that 100 ppm is probably effective as well, I am following Dr. Fang’s recommendation. First, we wipe down all of the surfaces-chair, countertops etc. Then, we fog for about 15 seconds. I point it at the ceiling, start in the far corner of the room, and go in a circle around the perimeter. Then I go in rows to cover the rest of the area of the ceiling making sure I have covered the ceiling area above the chair. It drys in about a minute, and once it is dry, you are good to go. The whole process takes about 2 minutes. Make sure you don’t spray too heavily or the floor will get wet. You do want to wear a mask when you fog, But, you don’t want to get your mask wet, either. I hope this helps.
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Stay Safe!
All my best regards,
Lisa
