Portable UV light as an alternative for decontamination

被引：25

作者：

Petersson, Lasse Per ^{[1
,2
,3
]}

Albrecht, Urs-Vito ^{[3
]}

Sedlacek, Ludwig ^{[1
,2
]}

Gemein, Stefanie ^{[4
]}

Gebel, Juergen ^{[4
]}

Vonberg, Ralf-Peter ^{[1
,2
]}

机构：

[1] Hannover Med Sch, Inst Med Microbiol, D-30625 Hannover, Germany

[2] Hannover Med Sch, Hosp Epidemiol, D-30625 Hannover, Germany

[3] Hannover Med Sch, Peter L Reichertz Inst Med Informat, D-30625 Hannover, Germany

[4] Univ Bonn, Inst Hyg & Publ Hlth, Bonn, Germany

来源：

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INFECTION CONTROL | 2014年 / 42卷 / 12期

关键词：

Infection control; Surface disinfection; Bacteria; Spores; Killing kinetic; CONTAMINATED SURFACES; PHONES;

D O I：

10.1016/j.ajic.2014.08.012

中图分类号：

R1 [预防医学、卫生学];

学科分类号：

1004 ; 120402 ;

摘要：

We evaluated the capability of a commercially available hand-held device that emits ultraviolet (UV) light to disinfect plain surfaces. Eight bacterial species were tested, including Clostridium difficile ribotype 027 and 3 other spore-forming species. Even bacterial spores could be successfully inactivated within a few seconds of irradiation. UV light may provide an alternative for the decontamination of medical products, such as mobile phones or tablet computers, that cannot be treated otherwise. Copyright (C) 2014 by the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：1334 / 1336

页数：3

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