Why use UVC to deep clean your mattress?
UV light has been used for decades (yes, decades!) to reduce the spread of bacteria. The use of UVC technology as a surface disinfectant is a well-established and well researched field and is 99.99% effective, when used correctly, in destroying viruses, diseases and infections.
But first, what is UVC light?
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UV light is a type of electromagnetic radiation that’s transmitted in waves or particles at varying wavelengths and frequencies, which make up the electromagnetic (EM) spectrum, The most common type of UV radiation? The sun, which produces three different types of rays: UVA, UVB, and UVC. Most people are familiar with UVA and UVB rays because they’re to blame for sunburns and skin cancer.
UVC rays, on the other hand, never actually make it to the Earth’s surface as it gets blocked by the ozone layer. The only UVC light humans are exposed to is artificial. UVC, which has the shortest wavelength and the highest energy of all the UV radiation, is a known disinfectant for air, water, and nonporous surfaces. Pretty impressive.
So, when talking about UV light disinfection, the focus is on UVC.
Why use UVC to sanitise and disinfect? When emitted at certain wavelengths and for specific amounts of time, UVC light damages or inactivates microorganisms by destroying their nucleic acids and disrupting their DNA, making it impossible for the them to replicate, thus helping to control the colony and limit the spread of disease and infection.
In order for UV light disinfection to be effective, however, several critical factors must be controlled.
First, the rays need to be at the correct wavelengths for the target virus. While this usually depends on the specific organism, anywhere between 200-280 nm (wavelengths in the photobiological ultraviolet spectral band) is considered germicidal and have been shown to be the most effective for disinfection, with peak effectiveness at 260 nm.
They also need to be at the proper dose — UV intensity multiplied by the amount of contact time. The proper UV dose typically needed is very broad, ranging between 2 and 200 mJ/cm2 depending upon the specific conditions, the objects being disinfected, and the desired level of disinfection.
It’s also essential that the area is free of anything that could interfere with the UVC light getting to the target. We refer to UV disinfection as a line-of-sight technology, so if anything blocks the UV light including dirt, stains, anything casting shadows then those ‘shaded or protected’ areas will not be disinfected.
Why is a SafeSnooze UVC treatment so effective?
SafeSnooze surface disinfection device
Firstly, we start the process by removing the natural build-up of discarded skin cells, dust mite fecal matter and other debris from within the mattress with our HEPA filtered vacuum technology.
This is followed by sanitising and disinfecting the mattress with our UVC germicidal light device. The device gets moved across the mattress every 10-12 seconds. An average queen size bed gets about 24 footprints/placements during a treatment
We use no cleaning products - no liquids, no steam, no nasties, only pure UVC light.
Tell me more about this UVC device and it’s effectiveness in cleaning mattresses.
The device is the world first purpose-built device that approved by the Australian Therapeutic Goods Authority (TGA) as a medical surface disinfectant device.
The 5 lamps emit light at 254 nano meters (thus very effective source of UVC) and emits 18,883 uWsec/cm2 (microwatts per second per square centimetre)
For the 12 seconds per footprint (12 x 18,883) the device emits 226, 596 uWsec/cm2 (microwatts of energy),
Due to this Total UV Dosage number, it kills 99.99% of micro-organisms where the light touches the mattress. This is a vast amount of germicidal UVC and has been tested to ensure it kills all known organisms likely to be found on a mattress.
Remember that the UVC exposure is around 254 nm wavelength which means it kills and prohibit replication of micro-organisms.
Very impressive little piece of equipment!!
This combination of removing build-up in the mattress and then UVC treatment, brings a superior standard of sanitising and allergen removal to your mattress leaving it ready for immediate use following the treatment.
SafeSnooze process eliminates bacteria, viruses and allergy triggers
So if you or your family have symptoms like itchy, red, or watery eyes, stuffy and running nose, sneezing, coughing, post-nasal drip and in children, frequent upward rubbing of their noses, it might be time to have your mattress sanitise and disinfected to improve the quality of air you breath on your mattress with our very effective UVC device machine.
Contact us today have the critters on your mattress step into the light, our UVC light.
Sleep better, breathe better, live better. SafeSnooze
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