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ArticleCureus2026

Relative Efficacy of Commercially Available Ultraviolet-C Devices in the United States With Sufficient Irradiation Dose Delivery to Horizontal Surfaces.

Stephanie Gibbons, Franklin Dexter, Randy W Loftus, Melinda S Seering, Jonathan E Charnin

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Article in Cureus, 2026. 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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1citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Assessment of Ultraviolet-C Inactivation ofMayo Clinic proceedings. Innovations, quality & outcomes · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Stephanie GibbonsAnesthesiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, USA.
Franklin DexterAnesthesiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, USA.
Randy W LoftusAnesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, USA.
Melinda S SeeringAnesthesiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, USA.
Jonathan E CharninAnesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundImproved environmental cleaning in the anesthesia workspace is indicated to reduce surgical site infections. We evaluated the time for delivery of a mean (standard deviation) of 27 (0.15) mJ/cm

methodsThis was a multicenter, controlled (by standardized equipment positioning) simulation study evaluating triangular (Helios, Surfacide, Waukesha, WI 53186) and single emitter (Tru-D, Memphis, TN 38104, and Xenex

resultsXenex achieved 27 mJ/cm

conclusionThe Helios device can deliver the minimally effective dose of 27 mJ/cm

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deliveryhorizontal surfacesirradiation dosepathogenicstaphylococcus aureusultraviolet-cuv-c

Identifiers

PMID41978603
PMCPMC13070480

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