Jim Mischel | Source | CEO at Safeology

The Safeology Towerleverages the science of UV light to inactivate a wide array of pathogens, including the coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2).

One of the nation’s top priorities is to be able to safely reopen schools for in-person learning. The CDC has recently recommended ultraviolet germicidal irradiation (UVGI) as a means for disinfecting shared spaces, especially those where ventilation is limited. UVC (ultraviolet-C) light has been proven to help deactivate SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.

Safely reopening America’s schools remains a big discussion. Many creative cleaning solutions have come out of the pandemic, and now some schools are using a technology more commonly associated with hospitals. “When this light is hitting things like, say, surfaces where there's viruses or bacteria or anything like that, it penetrates through the outside of the bacteria or virus to the inner portions. It keeps it from replicating, basically destroys it inside so it's no longer infectious,” Staci Kvak, health care epidemiologist at the University of Washington Medical Center, said.