Spore strips were placed in various places in the rooms, ambulances, and inside and outside the pieces of medical equipment.
Decontamination was effective in 87% of 146 tests in special test rooms, and in 100% of 48 tests in rooms in a surgical department, using three decontamination cycles.
One or two cycles had no effect on any of the spore tests (18/18).
The sporicidal effect on internal parts of the medical equipment was lower; approximately 62% of all 220 tests.
However, when the medical device was run and ventilated during the disinfection period, all of the spore tests (57/57) from inside the devices were decontaminated. In ambulances