Need to Revise Human Exposure Limits for Ultraviolet UVC Radiation
UV Medico
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Mar 5, 2024 10:04:13 AM

The COVID‐19 pandemic has greatly heightened interest in ultraviolet germicidal irradiation (UVGI) as an important intervention strategy to disinfect air in medical treatment facilities and public indoor spaces. However, a major drawback of UVGI is the challenge posed by assuring the safe installation of potentially hazardous short‐wavelength (UVC) ultraviolet lamps. Questions have arisen regarding what appear to be unusually conservative exposure limit values in the UVC spectral band between 180 and 280 nm. The study reviews the bases for the current limits and proposes some adjustments that would provide separate limits for the eye and the skin at wavelengths less than 300 nm and increase both skin and eye limits in the UVC below 250 nm.
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