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- Title
The importance of the minimum dosage necessary for UVC decontamination of N95 respirators during the COVID‐19 pandemic.
- Authors
Narla, Shanthi; Lyons, Alexis B.; Kohli, Indermeet; Torres, Angeli E.; Parks‐Miller, Angela; Ozog, David M.; Hamzavi, Iltefat H.; Lim, Henry W.
- Abstract
The importance of the minimum dosage necessary for UVC decontamination of N95 respirators during the COVID-19 pandemic Keywords: coronaviruses; COVID-19; dosage; filtering facepiece respirators; N95; pandemic; reuse; risk mitigation; SARS-CoV-2; ultraviolet C EN coronaviruses COVID-19 dosage filtering facepiece respirators N95 pandemic reuse risk mitigation SARS-CoV-2 ultraviolet C 324 325 2 07/15/20 20200701 NES 200701 B To the Editor, b 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. Coronaviruses, COVID-19, dosage, filtering facepiece respirators, N95, pandemic, reuse, risk mitigation, SARS-CoV-2, ultraviolet C.
- Subjects
COVID-19 pandemic; MEDICAL masks; MIDDLE East respiratory syndrome; MERS coronavirus; PANDEMICS
- Publication
Photodermatology, Photoimmunology & Photomedicine, 2020, Vol 36, Issue 4, p324
- ISSN
0905-4383
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/phpp.12562