Breathe Easy, Breathe Safe With all the air around us, perhaps it is something we have been taking for granted. After all, there is plenty of it on Earth and we do not have to do anything to really generate air. COVID-19 has brought a different way of thinking about the air we breathe. From …
Fresh air The government and leading experts have highlighted the importance of fresh air as a defence against Covid 19 and airborne transmission of diseases. Ongoing research into how Coronavirus spreads found that although distancing measures were a good first defence, the aerosol generated from various activities could travel further than first thought. This …
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Upper-room ultraviolet air disinfection might help to reduce COVID-19 transmission in buildings: a feasibility study. Peerj, 13 Oct 2020, 8:e10196DOI: 10.7717/peerj.10196 PMID: 33083158 PMCID: PMC7566754 Abstract: As the world’s economies come out of the lockdown imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic, there is an urgent need for technologies to mitigate COVID-19 transmission in confined spaces such as buildings. This feasibility …
UV-C irradiation is highly effective in inactivating SARS-CoV-2 replication Abstract: The potential virucidal effects of UV-C irradiation on SARS-CoV-2 were experimentally evaluated for different illumination doses and virus concentrations (1000, 5, 0.05 MOI). At a virus density comparable to that observed in SARS-CoV-2 infection, an UV-C dose of just 3.7 mJ/cm 2 was sufficient to …
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Rapid and complete inactivation of SARS-CoV-2 by ultraviolet-C irradiation Authored by Storm, N., McKay, L.G.A., Downs, S.N. et al. Rapid and complete inactivation of SARS-CoV-2 by ultraviolet-C irradiation. Sci Rep 10, 22421 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-79600-8 Abstract: The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic has devastated global public health systems and economies, with over 52 million people …
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Irradiation with UV light kills SARS-CoV-2 Researchers in Italy have found that it is possible to completely inactivate severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) using short-wavelength UV (UV-C) irradiation. Journal reference: Clerici M, et al. UV-C irradiation is highly effective in inactivating and inhibiting SARS-CoV-2 replication. medRxiv 2020. doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.06.05.20123463 Download pdf copy
Susceptibility of SARS-CoV-2 to UV irradiation Christiane Silke Heilingloh, Ulrich Wilhelm Aufderhorst, Leonie Schipper, Ulf Dittmer, Oliver Witzke, Dongliang Yang, Xin Zheng, Kathrin Sutter, Mirko Trilling, Mira Alt, Eike Steinmann, Adalbert Krawczyk, Susceptibility of SARS-CoV-2 to UV irradiation, American Journal of Infection Control, Volume 48, Issue 10, 2020, Pages 1273-1275, ISSN 0196-6553, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2020.07.031. (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0196655320307562) Abstract: …
Ultraviolet irradiation doses for coronavirus inactivation – review and analysis of coronavirus photoinactivation studies GMS Hyg Infect Control. 2020; 15: Doc08. Published online 2020 May 14. doi: 10.3205/dgkh000343 Results: “The available data reveals large variations, which are apparently not caused by the coronaviruses but by the experimental conditions selected. If these are excluded as far as …
Disinfectant Activity of A Portable Ultraviolet C Equipment Guridi, Andrea; Sevillano, Elena; de la Fuente, Iñigo; Mateo, Estibaliz; Eraso, Elena; Quindós, Guillermo. 2019. “Disinfectant Activity of A Portable Ultraviolet C Equipment” Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 16, no. 23: 4747. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16234747 Conclusion: “Physical UVC disinfection is a reliable alternative to chemical disinfection due to …
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