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Butler Dist. 53 to retrofit schools with UV Angel air purification systems, LEDs

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…

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UV system installed to disinfect baggage at Kuala Lumpur International Airport

From Petaling Jaya, FreeMalaysiaToday.com reports Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB) announced a new automatic ultraviolet (UV) disinfection system for baggage arriving at Kuala Lumpur International Airport to curb the spread of Covid-19 and other diseases.In a statement, it said UV bulbs had been installed in an enclosed tunnel within the baggage handling system to disinfect…

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Lumin-Air is Helping Manufacturers and Industrial Companies Protect Their Employees and Create a Healthier Workplace Even Beyond Covid-19

ThomasNet.com reports Lumin-Air, based in Indianapolis, Indiana, is working with manufacturers and industrial service companies to install UV upper-room units in their plants, shop floors, offices and high-traffic areas like break rooms. These devices are easy to install, silent and require virtually no maintenance. The UV upper-room units are commissioned to provide UV to blanket the…

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Experience with UV‐C Air Disinfection in Some Russian Hospitals

See https://doi.org/10.1111/php.13418 — Although the environmental control measure of ultraviolet germicidal irradiation (UVGI) for disinfection has not been widely used in the United States and some parts of the world in the past few decades, this technology has been well applied in Russia. UVGI technology has been particularly useful with regard to limiting TB transmission…

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Study reveals which outdoor lighting minimizes harm to insects — UCLA–Smithsonian research confirms certain LED colors cause less damage than others

David Colgan, writing for the UCLA Newsroom, reports rew research by UCLA and the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute shows how the kind of light people use makes a big difference, even in one of the buggiest places on Earth — the Amazon River basin. The study, published March 16 in Insect Conservation and Diversity, reveals that…

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Maui HI UVC Light Disinfecting Decontamination Germicide Device Launched

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…

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Red Sox will use robots to disinfect Fenway Park while fans attend games

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…

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Idaho medical center adopts Tru-D technology to disinfect rooms

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…

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TSA looks to disinfect airport bins with ultraviolet lights to prevent COVID-19 spread

Chris Williams at FOX 5 TV in Washington, D.C., reports the Transportation Security Administration wants to add another layer of protection for passengers against COVID-19. On Tuesday, the agency unveiled new technology that uses ultraviolet lighting to disinfect airport bins at security checkpoints in hopes of preventing the spread of the coronavirus and other viruses. TSA’s Innovation…

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Most N95 Mask Reprocessing Methods Effective at Decontamination

Jared Kaltwasser at ContagionLive.com reports a new analysis finds most methods used by healthcare systems to reprocess N95 masks in the wake of pandemic-related shortages of personal protective equipment likely do an adequate job of cleaning the equipment.The review may offer reassurance to health systems who in many cases were forced by necessity to institute cleaning protocols…

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