By Troy Cowan, IUVA Healthcare/UV Working Group It’s the last day of the NIST/IUVA Workshop, and it’s Paula Olszewski’s (Ph.D., Contributing Scholar, Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health) turn to share during the closing panel. She summed up the conference beautifully: “Good morning. We need GUV.” Well said… and there’s … [Read more...] about Educating the Trusted Messenger
Healthcare
The Brave New World of Engineered Infection Prevention (EIP)
By Barry Hunt, co-founder of the Coalition for Community and Healthcare Acquired Infection Reduction (CHAIR) Manually disinfecting a patient room once a day with chemicals to prevent Healthcare Acquired Infections (HAIs) is like putting up an umbrella for five minutes in a hurricane and expecting not to get wet. For over 100 years, this has been the standard approach, but it … [Read more...] about The Brave New World of Engineered Infection Prevention (EIP)
Healthcare Facility Feedback on UV Technology
Compiled by Isabel “Izzy” Medeiros and James P. Malley, Jr., Ph.D., University of New Hampshire For this issue, the authors sought to better understand barriers to the use of UV surface disinfection equipment in hospital settings. The B2B Data Supplier was used to access emails in the Healthcare Facility industry, resulting in 700 health systems in North America that are … [Read more...] about Healthcare Facility Feedback on UV Technology
Focus on Healthcare/Disinfection: Airborne Pathogens and Disease Outbreaks: Control Measures and Roles for UV
Ernest R. Blatchley III, Ph.D., P.E., BCEE, F. ASCE, and Lee A. Rieth, Professor, Lyles School of Civil & Construction Engineering and Division of Environmental & Ecological Engineering, Purdue University Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is the cause of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The virus was discovered in Wuhan, China, in … [Read more...] about Focus on Healthcare/Disinfection: Airborne Pathogens and Disease Outbreaks: Control Measures and Roles for UV
Using UV-C to Combat Antimicrobial Resistant Bacteria in Surgical Settings and Chronic Wounds
Liz Stevens, writer, UV Solutions Staphylococcus aureus is one of many bacteria that can cause infection, and it is widely found in surgical settings and in patients with chronic non-healing wounds. Antibiotics have been effective against this bacterium in the past, but with the dramatic rise of antimicrobial resistant strains and especially the rise of Methicillin-resistant … [Read more...] about Using UV-C to Combat Antimicrobial Resistant Bacteria in Surgical Settings and Chronic Wounds
Healthcare and Water Treatment Facilities Discuss UV Disinfection
Izzy Medeiros, MS Student, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of New Hampshire, izzy.medeiros@unh.edu James P. Malley Jr., Ph.D., Editor-in-Chief, UV Solutions and Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, jim.malley@unh.edu Reaching out to all the contacts on the Qualtrics survey (which totals 45), the … [Read more...] about Healthcare and Water Treatment Facilities Discuss UV Disinfection
Achieving Consensus on GUV in Public Spaces Workshop Earns “Wow” Response
By Troy Cowan, IUVA Healthcare/UV Working Group A most memorable and productive workshop on “Achieving Consensus on GUV in Public Spaces” was held in Atlanta, June 6-8, 2023. By all accounts, the event may have had the greatest concentration of GUV expertise in the world, with 69 in-person and 50+ virtual attendees from 13 countries. The attendees represented more than 70 … [Read more...] about Achieving Consensus on GUV in Public Spaces Workshop Earns “Wow” Response
Focus On Healthcare/UV Disinfection: Rethinking How We Communicate about GUV
Troy Cowan IUVA Healthcare/UV Working Group facilitator Over the last 12 months, in conferences, workshops and meetings, there has been the constant message that those in the germicidal ultraviolet (GUV) industry need to do a better job of communicating and educating the public about the benefits and advantages of GUV technologies in the disinfection world. It came up … [Read more...] about Focus On Healthcare/UV Disinfection: Rethinking How We Communicate about GUV
Focus on Healthcare and UV Disinfection: Data Mining: Comparisons and Contrasts from the Cincinnati Workshop
By Michael T. Postek, The University of South Florida; and Troy Cowan, IUVA Healthcare/UV Working Group facilitator, troyc@visionbased-consulting.us This presents a high-level preliminary observational analysis of the data obtained from 2022 IUVA Americas Conference in Cincinnati, Ohio. It compares and contrasts the most important issues and goals between four stakeholder … [Read more...] about Focus on Healthcare and UV Disinfection: Data Mining: Comparisons and Contrasts from the Cincinnati Workshop
Germicidal UV Air Treatment: So, What Are We Waiting For?
By Troy Cowan, facilitator, troyc@visionbasedconsulting.us IUVA Healthcare/UV Working Group As we continue to make the case for wider application of germicidal UV (GUV) to reduce the risk of potentially infectious pathogen exposures, we keep asking two questions: What are we waiting for?, and What needs to be done? This is an attempt to answer those questions and provide … [Read more...] about Germicidal UV Air Treatment: So, What Are We Waiting For?