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Bedfordview
UVC Solution
Providing UVC solution for continuous disinfection of air in all office areas. Provide additional biological protection during meeting with customers and staff.
270 News
UV air purifiers to be installed in all WCDSB classrooms
The Waterloo Catholic District School Board looks to harness the power of the sun to help purify classrooms
With the return to in-person learning happening across the province, school boards have been looking for ways to reassure parents everything possible is being done to make classrooms safe...
UV Solutions
Planning for a Healthy Future: Healthcare and UV Disinfection
Thanks to the success of the first healthcare/UV workshop, another, larger workshop is being planned with more extensive coverage of certain topics – industry, academics, healthcare, federal regulations. Possible areas of focus include identifying systematic barriers to UV-C technology implementation and discussing the latest evidence for UV-C in the prevention of healthcare-associated infections (HAI).
Drs. Richard Martinello, Yale New Haven Hospital, and Dianne Poster, National Institute of Standards and Technology, are leading the planning effort. The venue will be selected to maximize participation across all four coverage areas named above, with many candidate sites being considered. The current target date is early 2020...
PMC
Ultraviolet Light Fights New Virus
In the fight against the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, an old weapon has re-emerged [1]. More than a century after Niels Finsen won the 1903 Nobel Prize for discovering that ultraviolet (UV) light could kill germs [2], UV light is surging in popularity as a method for disinfecting hospital rooms and other public spaces...
The Conversation
Ultraviolet light can make indoor spaces safer during the pandemic – if it’s used the right way
Ultraviolet light has a long history as a disinfectant and the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes COVID-19, is readily rendered harmless by UV light. The question is how best to harness UV light to fight the spread of the virus and protect human health as people work, study, and shop indoors.
The virus spreads in several ways. The main route of transmission is through person-to-person contact via aerosols and...
AAAS
LED lights found to kill coronavirus: Global first in fight against COVID-19
Researchers from Tel Aviv University (TAU) have proven that the coronavirus can be killed efficiently, quickly, and cheaply using ultraviolet (UV) light-emitting diodes (UV-LEDs). They believe that the UV-LED technology will soon be available for private and commercial use.
This is the first study conducted on the disinfection efficiency of UV-LED irradiation at different wavelengths or frequencies on a virus from the family of coronaviruses. The study was led by Professor Hadas Mamane, Head of the Environmental Engineering Program at TAU's School of Mechnical Engineering, Iby and Aladar Fleischman Faculty of Engineering. The article was published in November 2020 issue of the Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology...
UV Solutions
Returning to Work Amid the Pandemic: UV-C for Mitigating Viral Infections
Since the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, ultraviolet (UV) technologies have been used to mitigate viral infections through disinfection of personal protective equipment, surfaces and air. Recent media attention has shifted towards using the technology to safely reopen schools and businesses while following regulation for maximum allowable daily UV-C exposure dose of 23 mJ/cm2 at 220 nm and 6 mJ/cm2 at 254 nm. These articles highlight the potential use of (i) UV-C lights in non-human occupied areas and surfaces and (ii) far-UV-C light for in-situ use with human activity...
MIT Medical
How safe is air travel?
MIT Medical answers your COVID-19 questions. Got a question about COVID-19? Send it to us at CovidQ@mit.edu, and we’ll do our best to provide an answer.
At first thought, a narrow metal tube in which strangers are crammed together for hours might seem like a flying petri dish, especially during a pandemic. The reality is a bit more nuanced. While there are risks associated with flying, it may be safer than you think...