Effects of UV-C Disinfection on N95 and KN95 Filtering Facepiece Respirator Reuse

Academic Article

Abstract

  • Research suggests degradation of FFR materials at high UV doses is important. There appears to be a peak inactivation dose at approximately 1,500 mJ/cm 2 . The subsequent dose increases appear to have the reverse effect on inactivation values; these trends have shown true with both the N95 and KN95-Purism respirators.
  • Authors

  • Bernardy, Castine
  • Elardo, Nicola
  • Trautz, Alexa
  • Malley, James
  • Wang, Diyuan
  • Ducoste, Joel
  • Status

    Publication Date

  • October 11, 2022
  • Has Subject Area

    Digital Object Identifier (doi)

    Volume

  • 88
  • Issue

  • 19