Antimicrobial activity of a continuous visible light disinfection system

Rutala, William A.; Kanamori, Hajime; Gergen, Maria F.; Sickbert-Bennett, Emily E.; Sexton, Daniel J.; Anderson, Deverick J.; Laux, Jeffrey; Weber, David J.

doi:10.1017/ice.2018.200

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Antimicrobial activity of a continuous visible light disinfection system

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10 2018
By Rutala, William A. ; Kanamori, Hajime ; Gergen, Maria F. ; ...

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Alternative Title:

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
Personal Author:

Rutala, William A. ; Kanamori, Hajime ; Gergen, Maria F. ; Sickbert-Bennett, Emily E. ; Sexton, Daniel J. ; Anderson, Deverick J. ; Laux, Jeffrey ; Weber, David J.
Corporate Authors:

CDC Prevention Epicenters Program
Description:

We evaluated the ability of high-intensity visible violet light with a peak output of 405 nm to kill epidemiologically important pathogens. The high irradiant light significantly reduced both vegetative bacteria and spores at some time points over a 72-hour exposure period.
Subjects:

Bacteria Disinfection Environmental Microbiology Humans Light
Source:

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 39(10):1250-1253
Pubmed ID:

30160225
Pubmed Central ID:

PMC6664446
Document Type:

Journal Article
Funding:

U54 CK000483/CK/NCEZID CDC HHSUnited States/
Volume:

39
Issue:

10
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CDC Public Access
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