How ultraviolet light (UV) works as a disinfection technology depends upon the wavelength(s) being employed. The UVC band with a wavelength of 200-280nm has emerged as a viable solution for interior ...

As restaurants reopen, owners must assure guests that premises are safe from pathogens, given ongoing concerns about safety in public spaces. What tools are available to ensure a facility is safe from ...

SAN ANTONIO, June 27, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — To support improved patient outcomes and reduce the risk of healthcare-associated infections, the Healthcare Standards Institute (HSI), an American National ...

Gear Clear Venting Systems are now available with a UVC Germicidal Light to assist in the further reduction of toxins that can harm firefighters when they leave the scene of an emergency. Gear Clear ...

Perhaps the first randomized trial of an air cleaning device for nursing homes showed no significant impact on the primary endpoint for acute respiratory infection incidence. A secondary analysis did, ...

While useful for killing pathogens including SARS-CoV-2, 222-nanometer UV lights may produce harmful compounds in indoor spaces, and should be used with ventilation, researchers have found. Many ...

At Durham, N. C.’s Duke Hospital, Surgeon-in-Chief Julian Deryl Hart last week braced himself to answer a barrage of questions excited by a report in Modern Hospital concerning novel use of ...

Ultraviolet light systems have started to gain popularity as a way to clean large swathes of schools quickly and frequently. For example, according to a February EdWeek Reseach Center survey, 13 ...

Jon LaPook, M.D. is the award-winning chief medical correspondent for CBS News. Since joining CBS News in 2006, LaPook has delivered more than 1,200 reports on a wide variety of breaking news and ...

In a paper published in the journal of Ocular Immunology and Inflammation, physicians from the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine reported that several ...

Zero footprint, clinical grade air purification lighting fixture production expected Q4 Las Vegas, NV, June 28, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- LED lighting and power solutions company Renewable Energy and ...