Uses for OPURA™

	Hand Washing Protect yourself and others by maintaining proper hygiene. Proper handwashing can prevent and limit the spread of colds and infections. Use ozonated water along with your regular soap to create an ultimate layer of defense against germs.
	Hospitals, Clinics Protect patients and staff by maintaining proper hand washing procedures.  Proper hand washing can prevent the spread of infectious disease. Use ozonated water in conjunction with standard hand washing protocols to create an effective defence against germs.  Use in scrub rooms, nurses stations, food preparation areas and patient rooms.
	Dental Practices Repeated hand washing can lead to dermatitis and reduce the effectiveness of hand washing.  Use OPURA’s supercharged ozonated water to rinse hands and eliminate the risk of bacterial, viral and fungal transmission.  Place OPURA in x-ray development rooms and in instrument sanitizing areas as well as operatories.  Many dentist and denturists also use OPURA’s ozonated water to rinse prosthetics before working to kill bacteria and reduce the spread of airborne germs from grinding or other work.  Also rinse prosthetics before inserting into patients mouths.
	Eldercare facilities Elderly patients whose immune systems are weak or compromised are more susceptible to risk of infection.  OPURA, used with proper hand washing regiments, will increase the effectiveness of infectious disease control.   OPURA’s supercharged water can be used in food preparation areas, paramedical wash stations and in patient’s rooms.  OPURA’s ozonated water can also be used to remove stains from rugs and upholstery and eliminate odors.
	Childcare facilities Childcare factilties can benefit from the use of OPURA by using its supercharged water to rinse toys to remove bacteria and viruses, to clean food preparation utensils and areas and to aid in hand washing for staff and children.
	Sterilize Utensils Salmonella, E. Coli and other pathogens can be easily transmitted through improperly cleaned utensils such as knives, dishes, cutlery, pots & pans and other devices or through boards and other preparation surfaces that have come into contact with meat, fish or chicken. Can you afford to take the chance of cross-contamination?
	Clean & Sterilize Cutting Boards One of the largest causes of bacterial cross-contamination is the use of improperly cleaned cutting boards, a paradise on which colonies of bacteria will live and grow. Improperly cleaned boards, particulary older surfaces where grooves, cuts and other depressions make proper cleaning difficult, are particulary dangerous. Washing in ozonated water, along with standard cleaning products, greatly reduces the risks of transmitting germs and other pathogens via an improperly cleaned and sanitized surface. Ozone removes mould, mildew, bacteria and other pathogens that soap may have missed.
	Water Purification Ozone purifies water by destroying all bacterium, including trace levels of e.Coli and other pathogens, stabilizes chlorine residues and bonds to heavy metal ions negating their effect. Ozone has the additional benefit of eliminating all unpleasant smells. Ozonating water is commonly used by water purification companies and is the standard for purifying potable water in Europe.
	Food Sterilization Bacteria thrive on raw meat, fish and chicken. Even seemingly "fresh" product can already be harboring millions of bacteria. When rinsed in ozonated water all bacteria and other pathogens are killed leaving food safer.
	Remove Residual Pesticides Even if standard insect control procedures are followed by growers fruits and vegetables may still have trace amounts of pesticides on their surface. Known carcinogens, pesticides should be removed as much as possible from fruits and vegetables before use. Washing produce in ozonated water has been proven to be an effective means of significantly reducing residual pesticide levels. Since ozone is a naturally occuring substance and reverts back to oxygen within minutes it does not leave any residue.

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