How testing works:
There’s only one way to definitively determine the
efficacy of UVC light: Pathogen culturing & counting.
The testing process:
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Contaminate a surface on the visor with a known
pathogen (i.e. harmful bacteria such as MRSA).
Disclaimer: Use a professional lab service to do this.
Do not attempt this at home.
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Take a swab of that surface and put it in a petri dish
with an agar growth medium as a control, and then
place in an incubator.
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Run 60-second UVC cycle on that surface. Then,
take a second swab and put it in separate petri dish
within the incubator. Repeat for a 120-second cycle
and a 240-second cycle.
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Repeat on each surface area you wish to test.
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Allow petri dishes to grow over a 48-hour period.
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A trained lab technician must then use a microscope
to count the pathogens remaining in each petri dish.
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The reduction in count between the control sample
and the other cycle sample is how reduction rate or
“kill count” is calculated.
This is an expensive process that must be repeated for
each isolated pathogen, but a methodical laboratory
process is the only true way to measure how effective
our equipment is in disinfecting the surfaces of your
HMD.
Independent Testing Procedures
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