During the coronavirus pandemic, some are turning to ultraviolet light to disinfect objects, but how safe are they? And are they effective at fighting the coronavirus? The U.S. Food and Drug ...

CARLSBAD, CA / ACCESSWIRE / May 29, 2020 / OPTEC International, Inc., (OTC PINK:OPTI) today announced the company has signed an exclusive distribution agreement for a new line of Far UVC LED ...

Healthcare-associated infections constitute a huge burden for both providers and patients. These infections can hinder overall care quality, compromise outcomes, drive up care costs and drain hospital ...

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (NEWS10) — Experts say UVC light can be used to disinfect surfaces affected by COVID-19 contamination. “I can go to bed now and I can sleep at nighttime knowing that I have done ...

CARLSBAD, CA / ACCESSWIRE / June 11, 2020 / OPTEC International, Inc., (OTC PINK:OPTI) today announced the Company will be introducing the OPTEC "Rover" Commercial UVC line of Disinfecting & ...

Patent-Pending UVC Purelight 360™ is Proven to Effectively Eliminate up to 99.9% of Pathogens MIAMI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Infectious disease specialists and lighting industry veterans unveiled today the ...

Researchers from MIT have developed a new way to keep shared spaces free of the coronavirus and other pathogens: a UVC light-equipped robot. UVC light is capable of disinfecting surfaces and ...

This is the second of a two-part article. Part one can be read here. Many researchers investigating the germicidal qualities of ultraviolet radiation in schools were unable to reproduce the data that ...

With schools taking precautions against COVID-19, an effective tool in their arsenal is a new type of “germicidal” LED fixture. This specialized, enclosed LED fixture draws in air and irradiates it ...

Here are five things to know: 1. Researchers studied CDI rates, CDI patient length of stay, room occupancy and number of days between a CDI case in a room and an hospital-acquired CDI case in the same ...

Nosocomial or healthcare-acquired infections (HAIs) are infections that originate within a healthcare setting. These infections can cause significant morbidity and mortality in patients. HAIs are also ...

The US manufacturer Bolb Inc has developed an LED for the first time that delivers an output power of 100mW at a UVC wavelength of 265nm. This means that the UVC LEDs distributed by LASER COMPONENTS ...