[Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] UV light used for sterilizing masks, etc.

[Robert Primak]

 I still have a good supply of Lysol and Spray Nine, and a reserve supply of Betco Pine Quats. 
Anything coming in from outside which is not going straight into the wash hamper will be disinfected with one or more of these treatments. 
Floors and countertops get disinfected (which is separate from cleaning) every few days. 
I have an alcohol-based solution to clean my eyeglasses. For dishes I have a dish washer. 
I shower when coming in from outdoors mostly because I go into deep woods and also go on bike rides, which leaves me with dirt, grime, ticks, insects and sweat to contend with. I also do non-native plant removals in open space lands, which is a whole other level of dirty work. 
I change my shoes when coming inside or going outside. 
Outdoor shoes belong outside or in the mudroom. Indoors slippers should never go outside. 
Kind of like cats --  indoor cats should never go outdoors, and outdoor cats should (in my opinion) not be allowed indoors. (But try telling all of this to a cat!)
If you are dealing with children, you are on your own!
-- Bob Primak
    On Sunday, August 16, 2020, 02:13:25 PM EDT, Paul Garmon <paul.garmon at gmail.com> wrote:  
 
 Hi,
Tell your friend to save their time and money... (unless this is intended for a person-free industrial environment)   
   - Can you kill coronavirus with UV light? - BBC Future   
  [https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20200327-can-you-kill-coronavirus-with-uv-light]   
   

   - Coronavirus: Do I Need to Disinfect My Groceries? | Houston Methodist On Health   
  [https://www.houstonmethodist.org/blog/articles/2020/apr/coronavirus-do-i-need-to-disinfect-my-groceries/]
Unless done right, it's a complete false sense of security, at least that's how I read all this.  Better to just wash hands, take a shower, drop clothes from "outside" in the wash/dry, etc.  Sanitize countertops and surfaces in the regular way, which you should have been doing once in a while anyway!  Maybe use a disinfecting wipe, but then I get worried about touching those for any length of time and the long term risks of that, because of the compounds many of those contain!  Let anything you might touch or bring in from "outside" sit around for a while, etc.  Pretty sure it's the people you come into contact with who you need to worry about, not so much the things.
If  you have to get UV disinfecting device (i.e. for your mental well being), maybe check out this kind of portable UVC light (and if it doesn't work for disinfecting, maybe you can use it to attempt to determine if currency is counterfeit -- but don't call the police if so, OK?):   
   - Mom puts a UVC light "germ fighter" to the test - YouTube   
  (this was against bacteria, and viruses are probably hardier, Coronavirus even more so)   
   

   - Pocket Purifier - Handheld UV-C Germ Eliminating Light - 2 Pack - Newegg.com   
(this was the one mentioned, there may be others, but I didn't check)

Best of luck (though it's really not ;).
Paul
On Sun, Aug 16, 2020 at 11:55 AM Olga P. Guttag <opg1000 at rcn.com> wrote:

Hi,

A friend asked me if I knew of a good UV light unit (preferably nor hand-held, though he’d use it in a pinch) he could use to sterilize masks, groceries, etc.

I’d appreciate any recommendations you may have,
Olga



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