UVGI-based viral deactivation If aynone remembers me,, you'll remember 5 yrs ago I used to ramble about the potentially imeasurable uses for Theralase tech evolutions in industrial and hospital sanitatzion primary focusing on CIP for equpment and machines against virus and bacterias. Imagine tld cv19 spray sanitizers with laser activation or hand driers that include laser...
Lidge appears to be looking in to some n95 stuff.
The current COVID-19 pandemic has severely stressed supplies of personal protective equipment (PPE), including N95 filtering facepiece respirators (N95 FFRs). In response, healthcare facilities worldwide are forced to extend the use or reuse of their N95 FFRs [4]. Few options can be adopted for N95 FFR reuse.
UVGI-based viral deactivation is an easy-to-use solution, and its efficacy on N95 respirators has been confirmed by several studies
UVGI is a reasonable approach for FFR decontamination to extend a respirator’s usable lifetime when supply chains are restricted during public health emergencies. Both the investment costs and environmental impact are low. Operator exposure to harmful UV radiation and ozone can be minimized by simple technical safety measures.
https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.06.12.20129395v2.full.pdf