White Paper: Room bio-decontamination study using a combination of robotic fogger and hydrogen peroxide by Prasanna Sistla and P. Kanaka Raju

The recent COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the need to reassess and redefine disinfection practices. Disinfection involves eliminating or neutralizing hazardous substances or contaminants from surfaces, equipment, and objects to ensure they are safe for handling or reuse. This is a critical step in industries such as healthcare, pharmaceuticals, food processing, and environmental remediation. Automated and semiautomated bio-decontamination technologies are designed to enhance the efficiency of these processes while minimizing workers’ exposure to harmful substances. Various technologies are currently in use, each with distinct features, capabilities, and applications, offering specific advantages and disadvantages. While all of these techniques and devices are effective, each comes with its own drawbacks, such as cost of ownership and operation, the time required for effective disinfection, the level of skill needed to operate, and suitability for different target locations. Among them, H2O2-based devices are the most commonly used commercially for various targeted areas.