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ArticleJournal of environmental health science & engineering2024

Investigations on the surface disinfection efficacy of far-UVC 222 nm germicidal irradiance device in a controlled environment and field test.

Chee Huan Leow, Lip Huat Saw, Foon Siang Low, Yeong Jin King

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Article in Journal of environmental health science & engineering, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors.

Chee Huan LeowLee Kong Chian Faculty of Engineering and Science, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, Kajang, 43000 Selangor Malaysia.
Lip Huat SawLee Kong Chian Faculty of Engineering and Science, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, Kajang, 43000 Selangor Malaysia.
Foon Siang LowLee Kong Chian Faculty of Engineering and Science, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, Kajang, 43000 Selangor Malaysia.
Yeong Jin KingFaculty of Engineering, Built Environment & IT, SEGi University, Petaling Jaya, 47810 Selangor Malaysia.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Covid 19 pandemic has significantly affected the health, economy, and social impact of humanity. The continuous mutations of the virus variants have accelerated the demand for scientific research on disinfection techniques for a safer indoor environment. Among all the available surface disinfection techniques, ultraviolet germicidal irradiance at 254 nm wavelength has been proven for its disinfection efficacy; however, its usage is limited to unoccupied conditions due to the risk of ultraviolet exposure. This study investigated the efficacy of far-UVC-222 nm experimentally in both controlled environment and field setting. Staphylococcus epidermidis and Mycobacterium smegmatis were employed for surface disinfection in both the laboratory and a meeting room. Total plate count was used to determine the disinfection efficacy by a 20 W unfiltered far-UVC lamp. At 1.1 µW/cm

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222 nmIndoor environmentSurface disinfectionUVGI

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PMID39464821
PMCPMC11499473

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