Box to KILL Coronavirus! UVC PPE Sanitizer Always Learning 2020-09-14 | UVC Germicidal Irradiation BoxIf you want to see how to build one, click here to check out my build video: youtu.be/n0XfXU73zgAAs everyone already knows we are still in the middle of a pandemic. The need for quality medical masks like the N95 respirator is still with us. Of course in some places the supply has improved, but unfortunately the supply might not be adequate everywhere. And now that we are moving into fall, health care providers will have an even greater demand for personal protective equipment. The fall will bring with it, the flu season. All by itself it is taxing to hospitals, but in the presence of an existing pandemic, the situation could be far worse. I developed this Ultraviolet C sanitizing box to clean used masks should an emergency arise, where there is a mask shortage. It isn’t safe for doctors and nurses working on the front lines to reuse the same mask for days at a time. The chances of the mask becoming a vector to spread the illness is too great. I should point out that outside of an emergency situation like a pandemic where there is a mask shortage, the CDC does not allow the reuse or decontamination of masks.We are currently fighting SARS-CoV-2. It belongs to the beta coronavirus category. It has roundish shape, but is pleomorphic. Which means its size and shape can vary. It has a diameter of approximately 125nm or 0.125 microns. This is the virus that leads to the disease known as Covid-19. And, Covid-19 is an acronym for Corona Virus Disease 2019, which is the year the disease was discovered. Like all other corona viruses, it is sensitive to ultraviolet rays.If you like the video, please consider subscribing… Thank You!ReferencesRastogi, R. P., Richa, Kumar, A., Tyagi, M. B., & Sinha, R. P. (2010). Molecular mechanisms of ultraviolet radiation-induced DNA damage and repair. Journal of nucleic acids, 2010, 592980. doi.org/10.4061/2010/592980Romano, M., Ruggiero, A., Squeglia, F., Maga, G., & Berisio, R. (2020). A Structural View of SARS-CoV-2 RNA Replication Machinery: RNA Synthesis, Proofreading and Final Capping. Cells, 9(5), 1267. doi.org/10.3390/cells9051267Ozone and life on the Archaean Earth, Charles S Cockell, John A Raven Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A 2007 365 1889-1901; DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2007.2049. Published 15 July 2007Buonanno, M., Welch, D., Shuryak, I. et al. Far-UVC light (222 nm) efficiently and safely inactivates airborne human coronaviruses. Sci Rep 10, 10285 (2020). doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-67211-2Kim D-K, Kang D-H. 2018. UVC LED irradiation effectively inactivates aerosolized viruses, bacteria, and fungi in a chamber-type air disinfection system. Appl Environ Microbiol 84:e00944-18. doi.org/10.1128/AEM.00944-18Cambrian Explosion 600 million years agoburgess-shale.rom.on.ca/en/science/origin/04-cambrian-explosion.php#:~:text=The%20%22Cambrian%20Explosion%22%20refers%20to,history%20of%20life%20on%20Earth.Life on land made possible by development of the ozone layerhttp://www.eartharchives.org/articles/life-on-land-made-possible-by-ozone-layerMeet the US Scientist who invented the N95 Mask Filterge.usembassy.gov/meet-the-u-s-scientist-who-invented-the-n95-mask-filterncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK554776medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.06.05.20123463v2.full.pdfsfamjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1365-2672.2010.04881.xhttps://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2020/04/commentary-respirators-can-be-reused-decontamination-not-well-studiedara.com/sites/default/files/MitigateShortageofRespiratoryProtectionDevices_2.pdf
