Ceiling-mounted far-UVC fixtures reduce the surface bioburden in occupied clinical areas

Emilie Hage Mogensen; Jacob Thyrsted Jensen; Søren Helbo Skaarup; Andreas Fløe Hvass; Cecilie Lynggaard Jeppesen; Maja Holst Rasmussen; Birgit Thorup Røge; Sara Moeslund Joensen; Stine Yde Nielsen; Elisabeth Bendstrup; Pernille Hauschildt; Anne Friesgaard Christensen; Christian Kanstrup Holm

doi:10.1017/ice.2025.62

Ceiling-mounted far-UVC fixtures reduce the surface bioburden in occupied clinical areas

Emilie Hage Mogensen
, Jacob Thyrsted Jensen
, Søren Helbo Skaarup
, Andreas Fløe Hvass
, Cecilie Lynggaard Jeppesen
, Maja Holst Rasmussen
, Birgit Thorup Røge
, Sara Moeslund Joensen
, Stine Yde Nielsen
, Elisabeth Bendstrup
, Pernille Hauschildt
, Anne Friesgaard Christensen
, Christian Kanstrup Holm

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Contaminated surfaces in clinics pose a pathogen transmission risk. Far ultraviolet-C light (UVC), with a favorable safety profile for human exposure, has the potential for continuous pathogen inactivation in occupied clinical areas. This study demonstrated real-world bioburden reduction on surfaces, despite frequent contamination from routine use by staff and patients in clinics.

Original language	English
Journal	Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
Volume	46
Issue	6
Pages (from-to)	647-649
Number of pages	3
ISSN	0899-823X
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2025.62
Publication status	Published - 1 Jun 2025

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Mogensen, E. H., Jensen, J. T., Skaarup, S. H., Hvass, A. F., Jeppesen, C. L., Rasmussen, M. H., Røge, B. T., Joensen, S. M., Nielsen, S. Y., Bendstrup, E., Hauschildt, P., Christensen, A. F., & Holm, C. K. (2025). Ceiling-mounted far-UVC fixtures reduce the surface bioburden in occupied clinical areas. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, 46(6), 647-649. https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2025.62

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Ceiling-mounted far-UVC fixtures reduce the surface bioburden in occupied clinical areas. / Mogensen, Emilie Hage; Jensen, Jacob Thyrsted ; Skaarup, Søren Helbo et al.
In: Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, Vol. 46, No. 6, 01.06.2025, p. 647-649.

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Ceiling-mounted far-UVC fixtures reduce the surface bioburden in occupied clinical areas

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