IUVA Education Resource Center
Surface Disinfection
My Guiding Principles
Focus will be on Evidence-based performance studies; equipment assessments; scientific explanations of surface disinfection methods; articles on the practice of decontaminating indoor environments to reduce contamination. Identifying and prioritizing Information related to standards and their development. Will select from leading journals based on relevance and technical content.
Bibliographies will be assembled, including seminal historical works as well as recent publications. Performance of surface disinfection systems will be a priority. Vendor materials will be addressed anonymously only if they contain results from independent certified laboratories.
Wladyslaw Kowalski, Chief Scientist, SanUVox holds a PhD in Architectural Engineering from The Pennsylvania State University. Dr Kowalski has authored numerous articles on airborne disease control technologies including the widely cited Ultraviolet Germicidal Irradiation Handbook. He was previously chairman of the Air Treatment Group of IUVA and works on UV standards in collaboration with ASHRAE, ASTM, and other professional societies. He also serves on the Underwriters Laboratories UL 8800 Photobiological Safety Committee.
Documents & Resources
| Sub-topic | Title | Author | Comments | Source | Date | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UV rate constant data - Bacteria | A comparative study of the effects of UVC irradiation on select procaryotic and eucaryotic wound pathogens | Sullivan PK and T Conner-Kerr | Contains valid UV k data | Ostomy Wound Manage 4610: 28-34 | 2000 | |
| UV Standards | A standard method of quantifying the output of UV lamps | Sasges, M, A vanderPool, A Voronov and J Robinson | Standard Method | IUVA/IOA Joint Congress, International Ultraviolet Association | 2007 | |
| UV rate constant data - Virus | Absorption spectra of nucleotides, polynucleotides, and nucleic acids in the far ultraviolet | Voet, D, Walter, B, Gratzer, R, A, Cox, Paul, Doty | Contains valid UV k data | Biopolymers, 13:193-208 | 1963 | |
| UV Standards | Accurate measurement of UV lamp output | Sasges, M and J Robinson | Lamp output measurements | IUVA News 73: 21-25 | 2005 | |
| UV Performance | Applications of Germicidal, Erythemal and Infrared Energy | Luckiesh M | Contains valid UV k data | New York: D Van Nostrand Co | 1946 | |
| UV rate constant data - Bacteria | Bactericidal effect of ultraviolet radiation | Rentschler HC, Nagy R, Mouromseff G | Contains valid UV k data | J Bacteriol 42:745-774 | 1941 | |
| UV rate constant data - Bacteria | Differential, lethal and mutagenic action of 254 nm and 320-400 nm radiation on semi-dried bacteria | Webb SJ, Tai CC | Contains valid UV k data | Photochem Photobiol 12:119-143 | 1970 | |
| UV rate constant data - Bacteria | Disinfection of Acinetobacter baumanii-contaminated surfaces relevant to medical treatment facilities with ultraviolet C light | Rastogi VK, Wallace L, Smith LS | Contains valid UV k data | Mil Med 17211:1166-1169 | 2007 | |
| UV rate constant data - Virus | Effect of UV light on RNA directed DNA polymerase activity of murine oncornaviruses | Lovinger GG, Ling HP, Gilden RV, Hatanaka M | Contains valid UV k data | J Virol 15:1273 | 1975 | |
| UV rate constant data - Fungi | Effectiveness of germicidal UV radiation for reducing fungal contamination within air-handling units | Levetin E, Shaughnessy R, Rogers CA, Scheir R | Contains valid UV k data | Applied & Environ Microbiol 678:3712-3715 | 2001 | |
| UV rate constant data - Virus | Enhanced UV inactivation of Adenoviruses under polychromatic UV lamps | Linden KG, Thurston J, Schaefer R, Malley JP | Contains valid UV k data | Appl Environ Microbiol 7323:7571-7574 | 2007 | |
| UV rate constant data - Bacteria | Germicidal effect of ultraviolet irradiation on paper contaminated with mycobacteria | Huber TW, Reddick RA, Kubica GP | Contains valid UV k data for paper | Appl Microbiol 19:383-384 | 1970 | |
| UV rate constant data - Fungi | Inactivation of molds by germicidal ultraviolet energy | Luckiesh M, Taylor AH, Knowles T, Leppelmeier ET | Contains valid UV k data | Journal of the Franklin Institute 2484:311-325 | 1949 | |
| UV rate constant data - Virus | Inactivation of SARS coronavirus by means of povidoneiodine, physical conditions, and chemical reagents | Kariwa H, Fujii N, Takashima I | Contains valid UV k data | Jpn J Vet Res 523:105-112 | 2004 | |
| UV Modeling | Lighting Handbook: Reference & Application IESNA HB-9-2000 | IESNA | Historic IESNA refrence book | New York: Illumination Engineering Society of North America | 2000 | |
| UV Modeling | Mathematical modeling of UVGI for air disinfection | Kowalski WJ, Bahnfleth WP, Witham DL, Severin BF, Whittam TS | Modeling document | Quantitative Microbiology 23:249-270 | 2000 | |
| UV Modeling | Molecular Photobiology: Inactivation and Recovery | Smith KC, Hanawalt PC | Contains valid UV k data | New York: Academic Press | 1969 | |
| UV rate constant data - Virus | Multiplicity reactivation of Reovirus particles after exposure to ultraviolet light | McClain ME, Spendlove RS | Contains valid UV k data | J Bact 925:1422-1429 | 1966 | |
| UV rate constant data - Virus | Predicted Inactivation of Viruses of Relevance to Biodefense by Solar Radiation | Lytle CD, Sagripanti JL | Contains valid UV k data | J Virol 7922:14244-14252 | 2005 | |
| UV Modeling | Proposed method for measurement of the output of monochromatic 254 nm low pressure UV lamps | Laval, O, B Dussert, C Howarth, K Platzer, M Sasges, J Muller, E Whitby, R Stowe, V Adam, D Witham, S Engel, P Posey and A vandePol | Contains valid UV k data | IUVA News 101: 14-17 | 2008 | |
| UV Safety | Protection against lethal damage induced by ultraviolet radiation | Schoenborn, HW | UV safety document | J Eukaryotic Microbiol 32: 97-99 | 1956 | |
| UV rate constant data - Virus | Pulsed-Light inactivation of poliovirus and adenovirus | Lamont Y, Rzezutka A, Anderson JG, S J, MacGregor, Given MJ, Deppe C, Cook N | Contains valid UV k data | Lett Appl Microbiol 455:564-567 | 2007 | |
| UV rate constant data - Virus | Pyrimidine dimers in ultraviolet-irradiated DNA’s | Setlow RB, Carrier WL | Contains valid UV k data | J Mol Biol 17:237-254 missing 250-254 | 1966 | |
| UV rate constant data - Bacteria | Radiation Biology | Casarett AP | Historical Reference with valid UV k data | Englewood: Prentice-Hall | 1968 | |
| UV rate constant data - Virus | Radiation Biology Volume II | Zelle MR, Hollaender A | Historical document | New York: McGraw-Hill | 1955 | |
| UV rate constant data - Bacteria | Response of Mycobacterium avium to ultraviolet irradiation | McCarthy, C and Schaefer | Contains valid UV k data | Appl Environ Microbiol 281: 151-153 | 1974 | |
| UV rate constant data - Virus | Rotavirus virus like particles as surrogates in environmental persistence and inactivation studies | Caballero S, Abad F, Loisy F, LeGuyader F, Cohen J, Pinto R, Bosch A | Contains valid UV k data | Appl Environ Microbiol 707:3904-3909 | 2004 | |
| UV rate constant data - Virus | SARS-CoV-2 inactivation by ultraviolet radiation and visible light is dependent on wavelength and sample matrix | Schuit, MA, T C Larason, M L Krause, B M Green, B P Holland, S P Wood, S Grantham, Y Zong, C J Zarobila, D L Freeburger, D M Miller, J K Bohannon, S A Ratnesar-Shumate, E R Blatchley, 3rd, X Li, P A Dabisch and C C Miller | Contains valid UV k data | J Photochem Photobiol B 233: 112503 | 2022 | |
| UV rate constant data - Bacteria | Survival of Spacecraft-Associated Microorganisms under Simulated Martian UV Irradiation | Newcombe DA, Schuerger AC, Benardini JM, Dickinson D, Tanner R, Venkateswaran K | Contains valid UV k data | Appl Environ Microbiol 7112:8147-8156 | 2005 | |
| UV rate constant data - Spores | The effects of ultraviolet radiation on spores of the fungus Aspergillus niger | Zahl PA, Koller LR, Haskins CP | Contains valid UV k data | J Gen Physiol 16:221-235 | 1939 | |
| UV rate constant data - Virus | The physical state of viral nucleic acid and the sensitivity of viruses to ultraviolet light | Rauth AM | Contains valid UV k data | Biophysical Journal 5:257-273 | 1965 | |
| UV rate constant data - Bacteria | The resistance of Micrococcus radiodurans to ultraviolet radiation. Ultraviolet-induced lesions in the cell’s DNA | Setlow JK, Duggan DE | Contains valid UV k data | Biochim Biophys Acta 87:664-668 | 1964 | |
| UV rate constant data - Bacteria | The survival of bacteria in dust | Lidwell OM, Lowbury EJ | Contains valid UV k data | Annual Review of Microbiology 14:38-43 | 1950 | |
| UV rate constant data - Virus | The ultraviolet light and photosynthesized inactivation of tobacco mosaic virus | Oster | Contains valid UV k data | J Gen Phys 33:215-228 | 1950 | |
| UV rate constant data - Virus | Ultraviolet disinfection of contact lenses | Harris MG, Fluss L, Lem A, Leong H | Contains UV k data for contact lenses | Optom Vis Sci 7010:839-842 | 1993 | |
| UV Performance | Ultraviolet germicidal coil cleaning: Decreased surface microbial loading and resuspension of cell clusters | Luongo, JC, & Miller, SL | Contains valid UV k data | Building and Environment, 105, 50?55 | 2016 | |
| UV rate constant data - Virus | Ultraviolet Germicidal Irradiation Handbook: UVGI for Air and Surface Disinfection | Kowalski, WJ | Contains valid UV k data | New York, Springer | 2009 | |
| UV rate constant data - Bacteria | Ultraviolet radiation for the sterilization of contact lenses | Gritz DC, Lee TY, McDonnell PJ, Shih K, Baron N | Contains UV k data for contact lenses | CLAO J 164:294-298 | 1990 | |
| UV rate constant data - Virus | Ultraviolet-induced damage to DNA independent of molecular weight | Scholes CP, Hutchinson F, Hales HB | Contains valid UV k data | J Mol Biol 24:471-474 | 1967 | |
| UV rate constant data - Bacteria | UV dose required to achieve incremental log inactivation of bacteria, protozoa and viruses | Chevrefils G, Caron E, Wright H, Sakamoto G, Payment P, Barbeau B, Cairns B | Summary of UV k data from 2006 | IUVA News 81:38-45 | 2006 | |
| UV rate constant data - Virus | UV Inactivation of SARS-CoV-2 across the UVC Spectrum: KrCl* Excimer, Mercury-Vapor, and Light-Emitting-Diode LED Sources | Ma, B, PM Gundy, CP Gerba, MD Sobsey and KG Linden | Contains valid UV k data | Appl Environ Microbiol 8722: e0153221 | 2021 | |
| UV rate constant data - Virus | UV Light Inactivation of Bacterial Biothreat Agents | Rose, LJ and H O'Connell | Contains valid UV k data | Appl Environ Microbiol 759: 2987-2900 | 2009 | |
| UV rate constant data - Spores | UV Resistance of Bacillus anthracis Spores Revisited: Validation of Bacillus subtilis Spores as UV Surrogates for Spores of B anthracis Sterne | Nicholson W, Galeano B | Contains valid UV k data | Appl Environ Microbiol 692:1327-1330 | 2003 | |
| UV rate constant data - Bacteria | UVGI Catalog and Design Guide | Philips | Historical Catalog | Netherlands: Catalog No UDC 628.9 | 1985 |
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