Follow-up Survey on Implementation of the Safety and Hygienic Standards for Ozone Generator

Objectives To investigate the basic situation and the awareness of ozone generator and users on the criterion, existing problems and revised suggestions of implementing the Safety and Hygienic Standards for Ozone Generator.

Methods Six manufacturing enterprises, 27 institutions for disease control, prevention and supervision, 57 medical institutions, and 14 families and individual users for ozone generator were selected as subjects to survey. Questionnaire was used to investigate the awareness and related suggestions.

Results The awareness rate for ozone generator in 6 manufacturing enterprises was 100%; and the criterion had been brought into the quality management system of all these enterprises. The awareness rates for ozone generator in 19 provincial and 8 municipal supervision and inspection agencies were 100% and 50%, respectively. There were 44 of 53 hospitals using ozone generator, the utilization rate was 83%; the awareness rate in the 44 hospitals using ozone generator was 38.6%. The awareness rates in 14 family and individual users were none.