'Magic water' maker targets NHS superbugs - Scotland on Sunday.
A SMALL firm in the Borders is hoping to solve the problems of Scotland's dirty hospital wards with its "magic water" product, designed to kill hard-to-beat bugs such as MRSA and Clostridium difficile. Duns-based Aqualution is in talks with Aberdeen University School of Medicine to test its invention - which uses electrodialysed salt water - for effectiveness in wound cleaning and healing. The magic water solution, a biocide called Hypochlorous ADVERTISEMENT Click here to find out more! acid, has already been used successfully in Bupa care homes and has been proven to reduce bugs to almost nil - where current products like bleach or other disinfectants are seen as less reliably effective. The product is natural and even safe to drink, the firm claims.
