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Scott C. Morgan at suburban Chicago’s Daily Herald reports Butler Elementary District 53 in Oak Brook, Ill., is making a major investment to ensure its students and staff breathe easier beyond the coronavirus pandemic.Last week, the District 53 school board unanimously agreed to spend $348,076 to retrofit Brook Forest Elementary and Butler Junior High schools…

Fifth Element UVC LLC, based in Maui, HI has launched an ultraviolet pass-through device to decontaminate I.D cards, passports, deposit slips, cash, or documents from one person to another. The device is suitable for bank tellers, TSA agents and other document-handling workplaces.The launch of the product comes amid growing evidence that UVC light is highly…

Michael Silverman at The Boston Globe reports the Red Sox will employ a rolling squad of ultraviolet light-emitting disinfecting robots to keep Fenway Park safe this season.Designed to kill the COVID-19 virus and its variants, the robots made by the Surfacide company will be used to keep high-touch points at the ballpark as hygienic as…

Two weeks ago, Alex Grant at Idaho 6 News reports, North Canyon Medical Center received a new machine that helps keep the facility clean by getting rid of germs. The Total Room Ultraviolet Disinfection System, or Tru-D, is used after a patient leaves the hospital. Cleaning crews go in first, then Tru-D goes in to…

Marcus Fairs at dezeen.com reports a new generation of compact chips could safely neutralise airborne coronavirus in buildings, vehicles and even outdoor spaces using far-UVC radiation, according to Seth Coe-Sullivan of technology company NS Nanotech.The semiconductors, which will cost less than $200 each and can run on battery power, could play “a significant role in fighting the pandemic,”…

ERR.ee reports the COVID-19 ward of the West Tallinn Central Hospital (LTKH) is home to the first disinfection robot in the Baltics that uses ultraviolet radiation to destroy viruses on surfaces and in the air. The robot was named Ruudi after a patient whose positive attitude and endless kindness stayed with the hospital staff.The Covid…

For the last year, public health officials, business owners, community members and schools around the globe have been searching for safe and effective methods to fight COVID-19. Thanks to an innovation by Energy Harness Corporation, there’s now a proven product that makes the grade. The Active Airflow UV-C Fixture is one of the most promising devices on the…

The Florida Department of Veterans’ Affairs (FDVA), in partnership with Healthe, has installed Far-UVC 222nm and UVC light technology solutions in one of its facilities to further protect veterans, their families and staff from harmful pathogens and viruses. The technology was developed by Melbourne-based Healthe, the sanitization and circadian lighting solutions leader.  FDVA is installing Healthe ENTRY™ walk-through…

KLA Instruments’™ Nano Indenter® G200X and its Zeta-20 optical profiler are ideal for the quantification of changes in the topographic and nanomechanical properties of N95 respirators after these have been exposed to UVC.The COVID-19 pandemic has seen frontline healthcare workers face a potential shortage of essential N95 face masks. In early 2020, the Centers for Disease Control…