ArticlePhotochemistry and photobiology2020
UVC Germicidal Units: Determination of Dose Received and Parameters to be Considered for N95 Respirator Decontamination and Reuse.
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- Generalized Kubelka's theory for light transmission in multilayer materials and its application for UV light penetration in filtering facepiece respirators.Journal of biophotonics · 2022Article
- The value of photomedicine in a global health crisis: Utilizing ultraviolet C to decontaminate N95 respirators during the COVID-19 pandemic.Photodermatology, photoimmunology & photomedicine · 2022Review
- What We Are Learning from COVID-19 for Respiratory Protection: Contemporary and Emerging Issues.Polymers · 2021Review
- Current Understanding of Ultraviolet-C Decontamination of N95 Filtering Facepiece Respirators.Applied biosafety : journal of the American Biological Safety Association · 2021Review
- Best Practices for Germicidal Ultraviolet-C Dose Measurement for N95 Respirator Decontamination.Journal of research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology · 2021Article
- Construction and validation of an ultraviolet germicidal irradiation system using locally available components.PloS one · 2021Article
- The effect of ultraviolet C radiation against different N95 respirators inoculated with SARS-CoV-2.International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases · 2020Article
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Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in an international shortage of personal protective equipment including N95 filtering facepiece respirators (FFRs), resulting in many institutions using ultraviolet germicidal irradiation (UVGI) technology for N95 FFR decontamination. To ensure proper decontamination, it is crucial to determine the dose received by various parts of the FFR in this process. Recently, our group customized a UVGI unit for N95 decontamination. With experimental and theoretical approach, this manuscript discusses the minimum dose received by various parts of the N95 respirator after one complete decontamination cycle with this UVGI unit. The results demonstrate that all parts of the N95 FFR received at least 1 J cm
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