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Further evidence that far-UVC for disinfection is unlikely to cause erythema or pre-mutagenic DNA lesions in skin

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Date
11/2020
Author
Barnard, Isla Rose Mary
Eadie, Ewan
Wood, Kenny
Keywords
Monte Carlo method
Ultraviolet radiation
Viruses
QC Physics
RL Dermatology
T-NDAS
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Abstract
It is well understood that ultraviolet‐C (UVC) radiation is effective for the destruction of micro‐organisms and drug‐resistant bacteria and is being investigated for its effectiveness at destroying the virus responsible for the current Covid‐19 global pandemic. Far‐UVC (200 ‐ 220 nm) has been proposed as an effective disinfection radiation that is safe to humans. In 2014, Woods et al. undertook a first‐in‐person study to assess the effect on skin of a 222 nm UVC emitting device (Sterilray disinfectant wand, Healthy Environment Innovations, Dover, NH, USA).
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Barnard , I R M , Eadie , E & Wood , K 2020 , ' Further evidence that far-UVC for disinfection is unlikely to cause erythema or pre-mutagenic DNA lesions in skin ' , Photodermatology, Photoimmunology, & Photomedicine , vol. 36 , no. 6 , pp. 476-477 . https://doi.org/10.1111/phpp.12580
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Photodermatology, Photoimmunology, & Photomedicine
Status
Peer reviewed
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1111/phpp.12580
ISSN
1600-0781
Type
Journal article
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Copyright © 2020 The Authors. Photodermatology, Photoimmunology & Photomedicine published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Funding: UK EPRSC PhD studentship (EP/N509759/1) and Medi-lase (SC037390).
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http://hdl.handle.net/10023/20084

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