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Inactivation of Candida auris and Candida albicans by ultraviolet-C

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 May 2021

William A. Rutala ,
Hajime Kanamori ,
Maria F. Gergen ,
Emily E. Sickbert-Bennett  and
David J. Weber
William A. Rutala*
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Hajime Kanamori
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina Department of Infectious Diseases, Internal Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
Maria F. Gergen
Affiliation:
Department of Hospital Epidemiology, University of North Carolina Medical Center, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Emily E. Sickbert-Bennett
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina Department of Hospital Epidemiology, University of North Carolina Medical Center, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
David J. Weber
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina Department of Hospital Epidemiology, University of North Carolina Medical Center, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
*
Author for correspondence: William A. Rutala, E-mail: brutala@med.unc.edu
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Abstract

We evaluated the ability of an ultraviolet-C (UV-C) room decontamination device to kill Candida auris and C. albicans. With an organic challenge (fetal calf serum), the UV-C device demonstrated the following log10 reductions for C. auris of 4.57 and for C. albicans of 5.26 with direct line of sight, and log10 reductions for C. auris of 2.41 and for C. ablicans of 3.96 with indirect line of sight.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 43 , Issue 10 , October 2022 , pp. 1495 - 1497
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© The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America

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