| abstract |
According to the invention there is provided a method for the management and/or treatment of microbes characterised in having acquired microbial resistance to conventional microcidal and/or bactericidal preparations, the method including the step of electrochemically activating a dilute aqueous saline solution such that the solution includes separable and both of an aqueous, mixed oxidant, predominantly anion-containing solution and an aqueous, mixed reductant, predominantly cation-containing solution; and applying the electrochemically activated, bactericidal aqueous solution to the specific environment where the microbes are present and where microbial decontamination is required. The invention also extends to the use of an electrochemically activated, dilute aqueous saline solution in the management and/or treatment of microbes, and the electrochemically activated, dilute aqueous saline solution for such use. |