Ultraviolet Disinfection of Facemasks

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English - July 03, 2023 10:00 - 10 minutes - 7.23 MB
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The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and the shortage of FFRs – Filtering Facepiece Respirators, also known as face masks - raised questions about UV surface disinfection for surfaces, which has not been well studied for effectiveness and is not regulated.

Castine Bernardy, a PhD candidate at the University of New Hampshire, set out to determine if UV is a practical technology for FFR disinfection, and add to the body of knowledge needed to create regulations for UV surface disinfection devices.

Read her original article: http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/aem.01221-22