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Experience with UV‐C Air Disinfection in Some Russian Hospitals †
Author(s) -
Volchenkov Grigory
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
photochemistry and photobiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.818
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1751-1097
pISSN - 0031-8655
DOI - 10.1111/php.13418
Subject(s) - limiting , transmission (telecommunications) , virus inactivation , covid-19 , ultraviolet , environmental science , environmental health , ultraviolet radiation , medicine , virology , chemistry , radiochemistry , physics , computer science , virus , engineering , telecommunications , mechanical engineering , disease , pathology , quantum mechanics , infectious disease (medical specialty)
Although the environmental control measure of ultraviolet germicidal irradiation (UVGI) for disinfection has not been widely used in the United States and some parts of the world in the past few decades, this technology has been well applied in Russia. UVGI technology has been particularly useful with regard to limiting TB transmission in medical facilities. There is good evidence that UV‐C (180−280 nm) air disinfection can be a helpful intervention in reducing transmission of the SARS‐CoV‐2 virus.