The importance of the minimum dosage necessary for UVC decontamination of N95 respirators during the COVID‐19 pandemic | Zendy

Narla Shanthi | Zendy; Lyons Alexis B. | Zendy; Kohli Indermeet | Zendy; Torres Angeli E. | Zendy; ParksMiller Angela | Zendy; Ozog David M. | Zendy; Hamzavi Iltefat H. | Zendy; Lim Henry W. | Zendy

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The importance of the minimum dosage necessary for UVC decontamination of N95 respirators during the COVID‐19 pandemic

Author(s) -

Narla Shanthi,

Lyons Alexis B.,

Kohli Indermeet,

Torres Angeli E.,

ParksMiller Angela,

Ozog David M.,

Hamzavi Iltefat H.,

Lim Henry W.

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

photodermatology, photoimmunology and photomedicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.736

H-Index - 60

eISSN - 1600-0781

pISSN - 0905-4383

DOI - 10.1111/phpp.12562

Subject(s) - respirator , covid-19 , pandemic , human decontamination , virology , medicine , outbreak , chemistry , infectious disease (medical specialty) , disease , organic chemistry , pathology

The World Health Organization (WHO) recently released a press report highlighting the severe shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE) that is endangering healthcare workers worldwide during the COVID-19 pandemic.(1) To meet this urgent need, healthcare institutions across the world have begun to utilize the germicidal properties of ultraviolet C (UVC) to decontaminate N95 respirators so that they can be reused.(2) It is clearly crucial that the dose of UVC delivered is sufficient to kill any viable SARS-CoV-2, the causative virus of the COVID-19 pandemic, that may be present on the respirators.

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