30 sets of special UV lights in the sample collection room at the public health centers in Gangnam-gu and Seocho-gu
[KNS뉴스통신=송호현 기자] Uber, a company specializing in ultraviolet (UV) LED systems, announced on the 21st that it has supplied 30 sets of special ultraviolet lights that can sterilize the novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19) to the specimen collection rooms of two screening clinics in Gangnam-gu and Seocho-gu health centers.
The sterilization lighting installed in the specimen collection room can quickly sterilize the entire space of less than 1 pyeong within 5 to 10 seconds. After receiving the specimen and leaving the room, it is possible to safely sterilize with ultraviolet light emitted from the sterilizing light, preventing cross-infection in an enclosed space.
The glove wall type, which is recently introduced in screening clinics, blocks medical staff and users for sample collection with a glass barrier, so there is no direct contact, but the space where the sample user enters and exits is a place where there is a great concern about cross infection. All.
However, this time, the introduction of sterilizing lighting that can sterilize the space can relieve not only the users of the screening clinic, but also the medical staff about the corona 19 infection.
The sterilization lighting is also advantageous in that it can be effectively operated without waiting time by significantly shortening the sterilization time, which took 10 minutes or more, to within 5 to 10 seconds by sterilizing by spraying method, etc., after a user leaves the screening clinic and before the next user enters.
The light source applied to the sterilization lighting is the UV LED highly integrated module technology developed by Uber, which is the same technology that was applied to the sterilization robot, which obtained the result of a study that the virus was killed by putting 20 actual corona19 patients into the ward.
The technology can sterilize the entire large space in a short time even at a distance of about 2m from the ceiling to the floor, and has been tested for sterilization power not only against the Corona 19 virus, but also against a variety of bacteria such as super bacteria that antibiotics do not work.
Researcher Gyowook Koo of Uber said, “Our company’s sterilization lighting is applied to the sample collection room of a screening clinic with high bacterial density and high probability of cross-infection. We hope that products applied with our technology, from sterilization light sources to systems and sterilization robots, will contribute to preventing the continued spread of corona.”
Meanwhile, Uber is a company that develops and manufactures UV application systems. It is an excellent small-scale enterprise that has received the Jang Young-sil Award and the Korea Technology Awards as a credible venture company that has won more than 200 patents, presidential citation, prime minister, and various ministerial awards.
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