25.05.2020
Fighting hospital germs with UVC light-emitting diodes
A novel LED irradiation system developed by the Ferdinand-Braun-Institut aims to kill microorganisms with ultra-short wave UV light – without side effects:
According to the Robert Koch Institute, 400,000 to 600,000 infections with hospital germs occur in Germany every year – about 10,000 to 20,000 people die from them (source: RKI). Since multidrug resistant (MDR)…