Time to end fumigation of operation theaters look for better alternatives. Fumigation aims to create an environment, which will contain an effective concentration of fumigant gas at a given temperature, for a sufficient period of time to kill any live infestations. Fumigation is obsolete in many developed nations in view of toxic nature of Formalin. Too frequent use and inhalation are hazardous.
Several new safe chemicals are emerging but the constraint of economy limits the use and several hours of closure of operation theaters can be curtailed as with fumigation. Aldehydes are potentially carcinogenic and it is therefore recommended that other agents such as hydrogen peroxide, hydrogen peroxide with silver nitrate, peracetic acid and other chemical compounds of formaldehyde should be used in place of the currently prevalent practice of using formaldehyde. A chemical compound which is…
