Research: evidence for validated disinfection
UV Smart supports scientific research and invests in thorough clinical and equipment tests. In many trials, the method appears to be more effective and practical than disinfection with, for example, hydrogen peroxide or disinfection wipes. Consistency has also been confirmed in a practical clinical setting with more than 1000 disinfection cycles in 2 weeks.
Based on this research and the literature already available, the application of UV-C disinfection with UV Smart equipment can be confidently called ‘evidence based’.
This is an overview of completed research with UV Smart equipment; more publications are expected soon.
| Research | Authors | Conclusions | |
| D25 | Laboratoria test against micro-organisms on medical devices | M. Euser, PhD., Streeklab Haarlem December 2019 | A treatment of only 25 seconds reduced a consistent log-5 reduction |
| D25 | Clinical test with 400 samples of different sorts of medical devices in use at several departments | Dr. Hopman & S. Cremers. RadboudUMC, December 2018 |
100% score on bacterial reduction to 0. |
| D25 | Similar research to safely and consistent disinfection of mobile calling systems | M. Lokate, UMCG Groningen. 2019 | UV application exceeded current, manual methods in effectiveness and convenience. |
| D25 | UV-C disinfection of ENT-endoscopes in practice | S.Aa. Rudhart et al, 2020 | Endoscopes can be quickly and effectively disinfected to a log 5 level in the clinical ENT setting |
| D60 | Validation research to efficiency | M. Euser, PhD., Streeklab Haarlem, December 2019 | Disinfection-result ≥ Log-6-reduction on bacteria, fungi, yeast, spores, mycobacteria and tuberculosis. |
| Nood-versie | Methods for disinfection of mouth masks for threatening shortages during a pandemic. | J. Kalpoe & J. Sinnige, Streeklab Haarlem, 2020 | UV is effective against bacteria, fungi, yeast, spores, and mycobacteria en useful alternative disinfection methods for FFP2 and FFP1 masks. |
| Nood-versie | Filtration research mouth masks after 8 cycles of UV disinfection | TU Delft / Reinier de Graaf hospital, 2020 | UV-disinfection shows that the filtration capacity of FFP-2 masks stays unaffected |