Faster, more efficient, and safer—these are the elements that define disinfection using germicidal ultraviolet (UV) light. It has been proven that UV light can eliminate up to 99.9% of bacteria, viruses, molds, and fungi.
Especially in hospitals and healthcare centers, but also in other environments, having a process to eliminate harmful microorganisms is essential to ensure we are working in a clean and safe environment.
Sterilization using germicidal UV light is specifically designed to treat the sanitization of water, air, and biologically contaminated surfaces.
High Efficiency
Traditionally, cleaning systems rely on chemical products applied manually by cleaners. This process can be prone to errors, as it depends on humans who may make mistakes.
New disinfection technologies, such as germicidal UV light, provide solutions that remove the human factor from the equation, resulting in greater safety and efficiency. The process typically involves a robot that applies UV light with high effectiveness.
Unlike chemical methods for water disinfection, germicidal UV light rapidly and efficiently inactivates microorganisms through a physical process. When bacteria, viruses, and protozoa are exposed to the germicidal wavelengths of UV light, they become unable to reproduce or infect.
The disinfection machine can apply germicidal UV light and complete the cleaning process, sanitizing a room effectively in just 15 minutes.
Germicidal UV Light Doesn’t Alter the Environment
Although UV light penetrates cells, it does not alter the water, air, or food being treated. The radiation adds nothing to the medium. That is why germicidal UV irradiation is used across a wide range of applications, including air, food, and water purification.
UV Light for Disinfecting Buses and Elevators
In China, germicidal UV light is being used to clean buses and elevators to eliminate potential germs as part of the various efforts to combat the Coronavirus.
For example, the public transport company Yanggao in Shanghai converted a conventional cleaning room into a UV disinfection chamber.
What did this change achieve? It reduced the disinfection and cleaning process from 40 minutes to just 5 minutes. In addition, this new disinfection technology allows UV light to reach areas that are inaccessible with conventional cleaning methods.
The UV disinfection chambers are equipped with 210 UV tubes and can clean up to 250 buses per day.
Significant Reduction of Infections in a U.S. Hospital
The McLaren Hospital in Oakland, Michigan (United States), implemented this technology to optimize the efficiency of its cleaning processes. After six months of use, studies show that hospital-acquired infections were reduced by 31%, demonstrating the high effectiveness and refinement of this cleaning technique.
At LCE, we offer a variety of germicidal UV light solutions and can design customized systems according to your needs and specific circumstances.
