TY - JOUR
T1 - Inactivation of Candida auris and Candida albicans by ultraviolet-C
AU - Rutala, William A.
AU - Kanamori, Hajime
AU - Gergen, Maria F.
AU - Sickbert-Bennett, Emily E.
AU - Weber, David J.
N1 - Funding Information:
Financial support. This study was supported by UNC Medical Center.
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PY - 2022/10/21
Y1 - 2022/10/21
N2 - We evaluated the ability of an ultraviolet-C (UV-C) room decontamination device to kill Candida auris and C. albicans. With an organic challenge (fetal calf serum), the UV-C device demonstrated the following log10 reductions for C. auris of 4.57 and for C. albicans of 5.26 with direct line of sight, and log10 reductions for C. auris of 2.41 and for C. ablicans of 3.96 with indirect line of sight.
AB - We evaluated the ability of an ultraviolet-C (UV-C) room decontamination device to kill Candida auris and C. albicans. With an organic challenge (fetal calf serum), the UV-C device demonstrated the following log10 reductions for C. auris of 4.57 and for C. albicans of 5.26 with direct line of sight, and log10 reductions for C. auris of 2.41 and for C. ablicans of 3.96 with indirect line of sight.
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U2 - 10.1017/ice.2021.214
DO - 10.1017/ice.2021.214
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85106413748
VL - 43
SP - 1495
EP - 1497
JO - Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
JF - Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
SN - 0899-823X
IS - 10
ER -
