Samantha Deverell, managing director, Adtech Polymer Engineering In an increasingly regulated and safety-conscious world, the threat of contamination is ever growing. As a result, UV sterilization equipment is becoming more and more important for the medical, pharmaceutical, and food and drink industries. Used to help disinfect drinking water, sterilize food contact surfaces … [Read more...] about Use of Fluoropolymers in UV Sterilization Equipment
2021 Quarter 1
Keeping Nursing Home Staff, Residents Safe During Pandemic
Chelsey Clapper, VP of marketing and design, iCleanse For so long, nursing homes and long-term care facilities have been plagued with various virus out breaks. Their generally older demographic and confined spaces make them highly susceptible to acquiring and transmitting viruses amongst each other. The COVID-19 pandemic has been particularly difficult for these communities, … [Read more...] about Keeping Nursing Home Staff, Residents Safe During Pandemic
SARS-CoV-2 Dose Response Research Update
Oliver Lawal, CEO, AquiSense Technologies Rich Simons, Ph.D., product development scientist, AquiSense Technologies Anna Herman, applications engineer, AquiSense Technologies Jennifer Pagan, Ph.D., CTO, AquiSense Technologies Since its emergence in 2019 SARS-CoV-2, the virus behind the COVID-19 pandemic, has had a global impact. Solutions for controlling the virus are … [Read more...] about SARS-CoV-2 Dose Response Research Update
Ultraviolet Disinfection: Background and Basics
Kari Sholtes, Ph.D., instructor, CMU/CU Boulder Civil Engineering, Colorado Mesa University Richard Simons, Ph.D., head of application science, AquiSense Technologies Sara E. Beck, Ph.D., assistant professor, University of British Columbia Babak Adeli, Ph.D., director of R&D, Acuva Technologies Inc. Zhe Sun, Ph.D., post-doc, Research Center for Eco- Environmental … [Read more...] about Ultraviolet Disinfection: Background and Basics
UV Technologies in the Post-SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic World
Dr. Keith Warriner, CPHAZ, Department of Food Science, University of Guelph, Ontario The word crisis comes from the Greek “to separate, to sift, to decide.” As crises goes, one could put the COVID-19 pandemic in the Top 10 – number one for the retail and restaurant industry. Both sectors were hit hard by the pandemic and had to quickly adapt to the “new normal” to work within … [Read more...] about UV Technologies in the Post-SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic World
Association News: 2021, Quarter 1
UVSolutions IUVA Develops New Task Force Model To help better facilitate targeted and flexible IUVA member activities, the IUVA Board of Directors developed a task force model in lieu of the traditional committee structure. Any IUVA member may recommend a new task force; please visit iuva.org for details. Recent new task forces approved by the IUVA Board include: … [Read more...] about Association News: 2021, Quarter 1
First UV/H2O2 AOP Systems for Municipal Drinking Water Treatment in China
Wenjun Sun, Xiuwei Ao and Zhongyun Chen, School of Environment, Tsinghua University Kumiko Oguma, associate professor, Department of Urban Engineering, University of Tokyo Ruibao Jia, Wuchang Song and Guifang Li, Shandong Urban Water Supply and Drainage Water Quality Monitoring Center Wonglei Wang , professor, School of Municipal & Environmental Egineering, Shandong … [Read more...] about First UV/H2O2 AOP Systems for Municipal Drinking Water Treatment in China
Are Food Contact Surfaces Seeing the Light?
IUVA Food and Beverage Safety Working Group Dr. Danny Bayliss, new technology lead, Campden BRI Dr. Tatiana Koutchma, Agriculture and Agrifood Canada, Guelph, Ontario Peter E. Gordon, manager, LiTeProducts LLC Food contact surfaces comprise all materials that food products may interact with during the production, processing and packaging of end products. These surfaces are … [Read more...] about Are Food Contact Surfaces Seeing the Light?
IUVA Achieving Win/Win Success with Key Players in UV Disinfection
IUVA Healthcare/UV Working Group Troy Cowan IUVA Healthcare/UV Working Group facilitator As 2020 ended, IUVA was celebrating acceptance into FDA’s Network of Experts and the success of the ICUDAS Federal Regulatory Roundtable panel involving FDA, EPA, NIST and the Canadian Research Council. Both events solidified IUVA’s role as a leading integrator of UV technology into the … [Read more...] about IUVA Achieving Win/Win Success with Key Players in UV Disinfection