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Oct 26

FLU ATTACK! How a virus invades your body

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Here is an interesting and clear depiction of just how a virus, such as the flu, invades the body and how it manages to make you ill.

View video – http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=114075029

Thanks to NPR.org.

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Oct 22

UV Airstream Disinfection and Airborne Viruses

UVC is a proven disinfectant and is in use around the world to help reduce the concentration of all types of pathogens suspended in the air.

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View Philips UVC lighting hospital video

Airborne viruses, such as the flu virus, do not differ from other microorganisms in that it is vulnerable to doses of UVC light — just as other germs are, ranging from the “regular” flu virus to the common cold. It is a well accepted technology and has been in use for many years in a variety of public spaces including hospitals. At right is a link to a video clip produced by Philips lighting, the worldwide lighting manufacturer headquartered in Europe—and a strategic partner for us with our own manufacturing—showing the application of UVC lighting for air disinfection in European hospitals.

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