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How can I get rid of all that chemical bacteremia floating in the air!

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  • Bacteremia is, by definition, the condition of having bacteria in your blood. Is that what you're asking about?
    – isherwood
    Mar 28, 2019 at 16:49
  • Chemicals and bacteria are different things. Is this related to your other question about fiberglass?
    – JimmyJames
    Mar 28, 2019 at 17:00
  • are you a germophobe?
    – jsotola
    Mar 28, 2019 at 17:09
  • Hello, and welcome to Home Improvement. Unfortunately, antiseptics are off-topic here. Mar 28, 2019 at 17:37
  • I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because it is not about home improvement.
    – BMitch
    Mar 28, 2019 at 20:51

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You'll never be able to sterilize your air. Bacteria are everywhere. The ones in and on your body, combined, add up to about the weight of your brain1.

If you're dealing with a specific short-term contamination, open windows. A few minutes of robust breeze would almost completely replace the air in a home, and eliminate nearly all of the bacteria in it. Of course, new bacteria arrive as well.

You could also use a HEPA-rated air filtration device. Many are designed to capture particles as small as a bacterium. This would be very slow by comparison to the window approach and wouldn't protect you for some time.

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