Ozone in microbial control in scalp pathogens
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.24302/sma.v8i0.1760Abstract
Biosafety is extremely important for health and beauty services. The National Sanitary Surveillance Agency proposes that beauty salons use a standard operating procedure (SOP) for adequately cleaning hair brushes. A noncompliance with this practice can lead to cross-infection. In these establishments there are thermosensitive materials that can not be autoclaved, therefore ozone is an alternative as low temperature sterilization. Present in our normal microbiota, S. aureus can lead to simple diseases and serious diseases. Similarly M. canis is a zoophilic dermatophyte known to be the cause for tinea capitis. The present study was performed on hairbrushes and cultures contaminated with the microorganisms described above, evaluating the ozone effect in microbial control. In plaques the evaluation of M. canis showed a partial reduction of growth in 30 minutes and total inhibition in 60 minutes. With S. aureus, inhibition occurred at both times. In the evaluation of hairbrushes, the results achieved were important but not satisfactory in terms of sterilization. Corroborating with existing studies, it is concluded that the use of ozone can be indicated for many areas of concentration such as medical, dental, veterinary and even beauty.
Key-words: Ozone. Microsporum. Staphylococcus aureus. Scalp.