It is also in use and in storage across the country at a growing number of EMS providers including Ebola Assessment Hospitals and for Biocontainment Mass Casualty Preparedness. The EDU-435 is designed for EMS, fire, police and hospitals.

 

The EDU-435 has high UV-C germicidal output in an easy to use small form factor and can kill the 2019 nCoVid Coronavirus in just seconds.

 

At 5 feet (line-of-sight) away from the EDU-435, a 4-log (99.99%) disinfection of the Corona VIrus is achieved in 19 seconds. In 24 seconds the log reduction increases to 5-log (99.999%); and in 28 seconds = 6-log (99.9999%) reduction.

 

UV-C germicidal disinfection is not linear, but rather it follows an inverse square.

 

All calculations are at 5 feet, but at half that distance, the time is not just cut in half, but is cut by 75%. CoVid 19 is 99.99% neutralized in 19 seconds at five feet, but at 2.5 feet, we achieve a 99.99% CoVid 19 reduction in under 5 seconds.

 

'Lethal' Disinfection is a combination of time x intensity. Intensity is a fixed variable at the 5 foot distance, so time is the only adjustable variable. If an area is 50% shaded, we must double the disinfection time. Line-of-sight required to achieve 4-log disinfection of CoVid19 = 19 seconds. 4-log reduction on a 50% shadowed surface = 38 seconds (19 seconds x 2), and 152 seconds in an area that is 80% shadowed. The same math holds true for all the pathogens.

 

All times listed are a worse-case scenario calculation assuming that one of the four lamps is wholly or partially blocked, and assuming that germicidal lamp output had degraded over time to only at 90%.