Room decontamination using an ultraviolet-C device with short ultraviolet exposure time.
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Results: UV-C Technology effectively reduces environmental contamination and should be considered when environmental transmission is significant. The Optimum UV TM device achieved an overall 3.56-log10 reduction for MRSA in 5 minutes and an overall 2.78-log10 reduction for C. difficile spores in 10 minutes in typical patient rooms (not treated with UV reflective wall coating). When the patient room walls were treated with Lumacept UV reflective wall coating, the Optimum UV achieved an overall 4.5-log10 reduction for MRSA in 5 minutes and an overall 3.05-log10 reduction for C. difficile spores in 10 minutes. The use of UV reflective wall coating (Lumacept) significantly increased the overall Log reduction obtained, primarily by increasing the UV-C irradiation and Log reduction for indirect surfaces.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Infection control and hospital epidemiology
دوره 35 8 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2014