Description of germs, the harm they cause and means of staying healthy form infectious diseases through use of nanotechnologies, which safely and effectively kill all germs and keep us healthy.

1. NanoSpaTech
What is the difference between cleaning, sanitizing, and
disinfecting?
Cleaning is done with water, a cleaning product, and
scrubbing. Cleaning does not kill bacteria, viruses, or fungi,
which are generally referred to as “germs.” Cleaning
products are used to remove germs, dirt, and other organic
material by washing them down the drain.
Sanitizing and disinfecting products are chemicals that work
by killing germs. These chemicals are also called
antimicrobial pesticides. They are regulated by the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Disinfectants kill
more germs than sanitizers. In most cases, a cleaning product
is used first. Then the surface is either sanitized or
disinfected.
Infectious diseases are caused by germs (also called microbes
or microorganisms) that get into our bodies and reproduce,
causing symptoms that make us feel sick. They can spread
from one person (or animal) to another when germs leave
one body and get into another. Sometimes infectious
diseases are also called communicable or contagious
diseases. Microbes that cause disease are called pathogens.

2. There are different kinds of germs
Viruses are the most common cause of illness. They are
very small. Viruses can’t live on surfaces for very long.
The common cold is a group of symptoms caused by 200
different viruses. This is why young children get 8–10
colds a year. There are always more cold viruses that
they haven’t had yet! Viruses also cause intestinal and
respiratory flu. Antibiotics kill bacteria but cannot kill
viruses! They should not be used to treat illnesses
caused by viruses. Luckily, we get better from most viral
illnesses without medical treatment.
Bacteria are more complex than viruses. They can live
and reproduce independently. Some can survive on
surfaces for a long time, feeding off dirt or food and
water. Most are harmless or even beneficial to us. They
help us to digest food as well as prevent infections
caused by harmful bacteria. Common bacterial infections
include some ear infections, some cases of diarrhea,
strep throat, and urinary tract infections. Bacteria can
also cause more serious infections such as tuberculosis,
whooping cough, staph infections, bacterial pneumonia,
and bacterial meningitis..

3. Some bacteria – for example, methicillin-resistant
Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) – have developed ways to
resist antibiotics and can cause serious infectious diseases
that are hard to treat. Bacteria often attach to surfaces,
especially moist ones, and form dense mats called biofilm.
Bacteria in biofilms are much harder to kill. Keeping surfaces
clean and dry prevents biofilms from developing.
When we kill germs on a surface with a chemical
disinfectant, it is important to think of this as temporary.
The surface will be home to new germs as soon as it is
touched by hands, or sneezed or coughed on. Bacteria can
grow and divide very fast. They can double in number in 10
minutes when they have food and water.
Fungi, including yeasts and molds, are every- where. They
can survive on surfaces for long periods. Fungi can cause
common skin infections such as: diaper rash; thrush in
babies' mouths; ringworm; athlete's foot; scalp infections,
such as tinea capitis; and nail infections.

4. These infections are bothersome and can sometimes
take months to go away, but they don’t cause serious
illness in children with healthy immune systems. They
also don’t spread and cause infection in the rest of the
body in healthy people.
Mold can be found anywhere there is constant
moisture, like bathrooms and kitchens. You cannot
“catch” mold from another person. Mold can cause
irritations of the eye, skin, nose, throat, and lungs, and
can trigger asthma. It can produce an allergic reaction
in some people. The best way to control mold indoors
is to get rid of moisture and leaks.

5. Nano silver particles surround all germs and penetrate its
plasma (the outer membrane) bonding to its DNA and
destroying it. The silver nano molecules also attack the
germs membrane by exploding the critical critical proteins
on top of its membrane; effectively and safely killing all
strains and mutations of harmful organisms. The presence
of nano copper molecules in NanoSpa makes the nano
silver molecules act that much quicker-"activating" it-
resulting in much shorter time necessary to kill all germs.

6. All hospitals should provide a written specification of
cleaning services and their delivery for all areas of the
hospital, whether provided by in-house or externally
contracted staff These should be reviewed on a regular
basis by cleaning supervisors, hospital managers, and
structural facilities and infection control personnel. Recent
recommendations on innovation and research in infection
control support the opportunity for hospitals to test new
cleaning and decontamination technologies and publish
their findings.
Near-patient hand touch sites constitute the bulk of critical
surfaces in a ward. Routine decontamination is usually
included within institutional cleaning policies, including
designated tasks for a range of staff. This can vary between
occupied and non-occupied beds, electrical and
nonelectrical items, and clinical and nonclinical equipment,
all of which illustrates cleaning complexities and the
potential for fragmented responsibility between
housekeeping, nursing, and other clinical staff. Daily
attention with detergent wipes may be sufficient to control
bio-burden on an acute-care ward, but high-risk sites in
intensive care units may require more frequent attention.
Two studies have clearly shown how MRSA rapidly re-
contaminates high-touch sites in the ICU setting after
cleaning.

7. All clinical equipment should be cleaned and/or
decontaminated before and after use for all patients
regardless of how often it is used, where it is used, or
what it is. An item intended for patient use should be
inspected carefully before it is employed, and if prior
cleaning is not evident by either notification or obvious
soiling, then it should be immediately cleaned
according to local policies. Many hospitals now ask staff
to flag specific pieces of equipment to show that they
were appropriately cleaned and/or decontaminated
after use. This is especially important for items such as
commodes and other non-disposable apparatus used
for toileting and therefore at high risk of
contamination. There are other utensils that might
come into contact with blood and/or body fluids, e.g.,
pulse oximeters, thermometers, blood sugar test kits,
saturation probes, etc., and these should also be
subjected to stringent cleaning and disinfection before
and after use. Doctors' stethoscopes have long been
the subject of cleaning audits and remain a likely source
of contamination for a range of microbial flora. Wiping
with alcohol is effective for decontaminating
stethoscopes, but it appears that even this simple
procedure is abandoned, ignored, or forgotten when
staff are overworked.

8. There are alternative ways of assessing the health care
environment, notably monitoring the efforts of cleaning staff
rather than measuring residual bi-oburden on surfaces. Most
environmental failures are likely due to personnel themselves,
not products or practices. Assessment of the cleaning process
can be introduced by using educational strategies, direct and
indirect cleaning inspections, observation, scientific
monitoring, and feedback to staff. that the use of fluorescent
markers is linked with decreased transmission of hospital
pathogens.