{"id":41640,"date":"2022-06-04T21:41:18","date_gmt":"2022-06-04T21:41:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/proair.ee\/ultrasonic-humidifiers-failed-the-bacterial-test-the-solution-for-consumers-the-secosan-stick-water-purification-filter\/"},"modified":"2026-07-10T09:56:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T09:56:18","slug":"ultrasonic-humidifiers-failed-the-bacterial-test-the-solution-for-consumers-the-secosan-stick-water-purification-filter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/proair.ee\/en\/ultrasonic-humidifiers-failed-the-bacterial-test-the-solution-for-consumers-the-secosan-stick-water-purification-filter\/","title":{"rendered":"Ultrasonic humidifiers failed the bacterial test. The solution for consumers\u2014the SecoSan Stick water purification filter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The television program “Kassensturz,” broadcast by Swiss Radio and Television (SRF), sent a total of 10 air humidifiers to a laboratory for testing. The test also included ultrasonic humidifiers. One of the goals of the analysis conducted by the German laboratory Synlab in Essen was to measure the amount of bacteria and mold released into the air. A surprising result: all four ultrasonic humidifiers failed the test, with some of them literally reaching breath-taking maximum values. You can find the test results here. <\/strong><\/a>Therefore, consumers are advised to use SecoSan\u00ae sticks<\/a><\/strong> to prevent the growth of microbes and bacteria in ultrasonic humidifiers. <\/h2>\n\n

Bacteria are a natural part of our daily lives, and the concentration in \u201cnormal\u201d indoor air is typically 100\u2013500 colony-forming units (CFU). However, according to experts, this becomes a health hazard when the output reaches 20,000 CFU per hour. All of the ultrasonic humidifiers tested, however, released significantly more bacteria into the air: the maximum values ranged from 2.6 to a whopping 23 million CFU per hour. As a result, all four devices received an \u201cunsatisfactory\u201d overall rating due to contamination. How should consumers generally deal with the persistent problem of recurrent contamination in humidifiers? As the best preventive measure against the growth of otherwise circulating microbes and bacteria, we recommend adding a SecoSan\u00ae stick to the water tank early on. <\/p>\n\n

SecoSan\u00ae \u2013 Water Purification “Made in Germany”<\/h3>\n\n

SecoSan\u00ae prevents the proliferation of microbes and bacteria through silver ions. Thanks to its special antimicrobial surface, silver ions are released directly into the bacteria and microbes in the immediate vicinity. This effectively inhibits microbial growth, keeping the water clean and uncontaminated. Best of all, SecoSan\u00ae self-regulates its dosage\u2014making overdosing or underdosing impossible. <\/p>\n\n

The<\/strong> SecoSan\u00ae Stick<\/strong><\/a> can be inserted into virtually any water tank and reliably keeps the water and drinking water sterile for six months\u2014as tested by leading German testing institutes. The active SecoSan\u00ae ingredient complies with the requirements of the German Drinking Water Ordinance, is completely tasteless, and can therefore also be used in the water tank of a coffee machine or in an oral irrigator. <\/p>\n\n

SecoSan Stick \u2013 for effective protection against water contamination<\/h3>\n\n

There is a SecoSan\u00ae Stick to suit every water tank size, available in a total of 6 different sizes: from the smallest Stick 10<\/a><\/strong> for 10-liter containers\u2014which keeps 3,500 liters of water clean\u2014to the largest Stick 60<\/a><\/strong> for containers up to 60 liters, which keeps a total of 21,000 liters of water clean.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The television program “Kassensturz,” broadcast by Swiss Radio and Television (SRF), sent a total of 10 air humidifiers to a laboratory for testing. The test also included ultrasonic humidifiers. One of the goals of the analysis conducted by the German laboratory Synlab in Essen was to measure the amount of bacteria and mold released into […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"close","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_titles_title":"SecoSan\u00ae Stick Water Purification Filter","_seopress_titles_desc":"Ultrasonic humidifiers failed the bacterial test. The solution for consumers\u2014the SecoSan Stick water purification filter","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"both","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":301,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41640","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized-et"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/proair.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41640","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/proair.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/proair.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/proair.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/proair.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41640"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/proair.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41640\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41641,"href":"https:\/\/proair.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41640\/revisions\/41641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/proair.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/proair.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/proair.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}