Effectiveness of a low-cost UVGI chamber for decontaminating filtering facepiece respirators to extend reuse-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Effectiveness of a low-cost UVGI chamber for decontaminating filtering facepiece respirators to extend reuse

Published:2022-12-20 Issue:1 Volume:20 Page:40-53
ISSN:1545-9624
Container-title:Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene
language:en
Short-container-title:Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Author:

Singh Tanusha¹²³^ORCID,Duba Thabang¹,Muleba Lufuno¹,Matuka Dikeledi Onnicah¹,Glaser Daniel⁴⁵,Ratshikhopha Edith¹,Kirsten Zubaydah¹,van Reenen Tobias⁴^ORCID,Masuku Zibusiso⁶,Singo Dikeledi¹,Ntlailane Lebogang¹,Nthoke Tebogo¹,Jones David¹,Ross Mary⁷,du Toit Pieter⁸

Affiliation:

1. Division of the National Health Laboratory Service, National Institute for Occupational Health (NIOH), Johannesburg, South Africa

2. Department of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, School of Pathology, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

3. Department of Environmental Health, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa

4. Mechanical Engineering, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Accra, Ghana

5. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Nelson Mandela University, Gqeberha, South Africa

6. Division of Biosafety & Biosecurity, National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), Johannesburg, South Africa

7. School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

8. National Metrology Institute of South Africa (NMISA), Pretoria, South Africa

Publisher

Informa UK Limited

Subject

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Link

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/15459624.2022.2137299

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