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Exploratory clinical trial on the safety and bactericidal effect of 222-nm ultraviolet C irradiation in healthy humans.

Tomoaki FukuiTakahiro NiikuraTakahiro OdaYohei KumabeHiroyuki OhashiMasahiro SasakiTatsushi IgarashiMakoto KunisadaNozomi YamanoKeisuke OeTomoyuki MatsumotoTakehiko MatsushitaShinya HayashiChikako NishigoriRyosuke Kuroda
Published in: PloS one (2020)
A 222-nm UVC at 500 mJ/cm2 was a safe irradiation dose and possessed bactericidal effects. In the future, 222-nm UVC irradiation is expected to contribute to the prevention of perioperative infection.
Keyphrases
  • photodynamic therapy
  • clinical trial
  • light emitting
  • radiation induced
  • cardiac surgery
  • patients undergoing
  • randomized controlled trial
  • study protocol
  • radiation therapy
  • double blind
  • phase ii
  • acute kidney injury