Flexible, Mini-tip Size Flocked Swab with 80mm Breakpoint in Peel Pouch – Individually Packaged, Sterile, Nasopharyngeal (NP), PK100
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Please note that all Hardy products are manufactured in California and Ohio, USA.
Resources:
Centers for Disease Control
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UV Chamber, UV light decontamination of N95 masks
Features and Benefits:
Never run out of N95 masks again, by quickly sanitizing them yourself via UV light.
- Sanitizes four N95 masks at one time, in 4 minutes (120 seconds per side)
- Two modes of operation – Energy or Time
- Open Door Safety mechanism
- Energy Efficient electronic ballasts
- Small footprint
- 2 Year Manufacturer’s Warranty
- UL/CSA/CE Approved
- The unit comes equipped with 5 x 254 nm Shortwave Bulbs
The recommended dosage = 1J/cm2
The bulbs deliver 7-11mW/cm2; therefore, a cycle will complete in 90 – 120 seconds per side.
The unit will accommodate at least 4 masks.
Unit is capable of accommodating other wave length bulbs, 254 nm, 306 nm and 368 nm bulbs. No manual calibration required when switching between wavelengths. The Boekel UV Crosslinker AH comes calibrated for 254 nm Shortwave Bulbs as well as 306 nm and 368 nm bulbs.
This unit may be used for:
- Decontamination by UV light, great for extending the use of N95 Masks
- Crosslinking DNA or RNA to nylon, nitrocellulose or nylon-reinforced nitrocellulose membranes
- UV curing
Ultraviolet germicidal irradiation (UVGI)
UVGI is a promising method but the disinfection efficacy is dependent on dose. Not all UV lamps provide the same intensity thus treatment times would have to be adjusted accordingly.
Acceptable filtration performance was recorded for eleven FFR models exposed to various UV doses ranging from roughly 0.5–950 J/cm2 and UVGI was shown to have minimal effect on fit [2, 3, 7, 8, 9, 10]. Heimbuch et al. tested filtration and fit of 15 FFRs and found no adverse effects to FFR performance [11]. Lindsley et al. reported a reduction of the durability of materials of the FFRs for doses ranging from 120–950 J/cm2; however, an approximate inactivation of 99.9% of bacteriophage MS2, a non-enveloped virus, and H1N1 influenza A/PR/8/34 were achieved with much lower doses of approximately 1 J/cm2 [12–14]. Heimbuch et al. tested the performance of 1 J/cm2 of UVGI against Influenza A (H1N1), Avian influenza A virus (H5N1), Influenza A (H7N9) A/Anhui/1/2013, Influenza A (H7N9) A/Shanghai/1/2013, MERS-CoV, and SARS-CoV and reported virus inactivation from 99.9% to greater than 99.999% [11].
UVGI is harmful. Proper precautions are required to avoid UVGI exposure to skin or the eyes.
References:
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/ppe-strategy/decontamination-reuse-respirators.html
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Thanks again for all the wonderful years of service.
