Clinical application of 222 nm wavelength ultraviolet C irradiation on SARS CoV-2 contaminated environments

Wen-Lin Su; Chih-Pei Lin; Hui-Ching Huang; Yao-Kuang Wu; Mei-Chen Yang; Sheg-Kang Chiu; Ming-Yieh Peng; Ming-Chin Chan; You-Chen Chao

Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection (Feb 2022)

Clinical application of 222 nm wavelength ultraviolet C irradiation on SARS CoV-2 contaminated environments

Wen-Lin Su,
Chih-Pei Lin,
Hui-Ching Huang,
Yao-Kuang Wu,
Mei-Chen Yang,
Sheg-Kang Chiu,
Ming-Yieh Peng,
Ming-Chin Chan,
You-Chen Chao

Affiliations

Wen-Lin Su: Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Taipei Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, New Taipei, Taiwan; School of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan
Chih-Pei Lin: Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Taipei Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, New Taipei, Taiwan; School of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan
Hui-Ching Huang: Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Taipei Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, New Taipei, Taiwan
Yao-Kuang Wu: Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Taipei Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, New Taipei, Taiwan; School of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan
Mei-Chen Yang: Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Taipei Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, New Taipei, Taiwan; School of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan
Sheg-Kang Chiu: Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Internal Medicine, Taipei Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, New Taipei, Taiwan; School of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan; Infection Control Center, Taipei Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, New Taipei, Taiwan
Ming-Yieh Peng: Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Internal Medicine, Taipei Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, New Taipei, Taiwan; Infection Control Center, Taipei Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, New Taipei, Taiwan
Ming-Chin Chan: Infection Control Center, Taipei Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, New Taipei, Taiwan
You-Chen Chao: School of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan; Department of Internal Medicine, Taipei Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, New Taipei City, Taiwan; Corresponding author. Department of Internal Medicine, Taipei Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, 289 Jianguo Rd, Xindian Dist., New Taipei City, 23142, Taiwan. Fax: +886 2 66289009.

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 55, no. 1
pp. 166 – 169

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This was a preliminary study on ultraviolet C (UVC) irradiation for SARS-CoV-2-contaminated hospital environments. Forty-eight locations were tested for SARS-CoV-2 using RT-PCR (33.3% contamination rate). After series dosages of 222-nm UVC irradiation, samples from the surfaces were negative at 15 s irradiation at 2 cm length (fluence: 81 mJ/cm2).

Published in Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection

ISSN: 1684-1182 (Print)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: Hong Kong
LCC subjects: Science: Microbiology
Website: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/journal-of-microbiology-immunology-and-infection

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