CDC Emphasizes Ventilation as Employees Return to Work & Suggests Supplemental Germicidal UV Irradiation

With more workers returning to the workplace, Phillip Montgomery at the Connecticut Business & Industry Association says, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is recommending that employers adopt a layered approach to reducing exposure to the COVID-19 virus that includes addressing building ventilation. Improving building ventilation can reduce the spread of disease and lower the risk of exposure, especially when combined with physical distancing, face masks, hand hygiene, and vaccinations, the CDC says. It’s already known that viral particles spread between people more readily indoors than outdoors, where the concentration is often lower and even a light wind…