Introduction to Decontamination Technologies

What is/are Decontamination Technologies?

Decontamination Technologies - Surface disinfection technologies utilize the spraying or fogging of disinfectant solutions, and PPE decontamination technologies utilize UV light or chemical treatments to inactivate the virus. ^[1] This broad review is intended to provide the fundamental information, status and progress of SPC and PMC based decontamination technologies according to the peer-reviewed papers in the last two decades. ^[2] The paper also highlights the integration of various decontamination technologies with pre-existing ship decontamination systems, indicating the need for various decontaminants. ^[3] Hence, various postharvest decontamination technologies have been developed by food technologists over time to avoid/reduce the incidence of microbial loads over the fresh produce. ^[4] Decontamination technologies, such as UV-C, could reduce the risk for transmission. ^[5] The potential virus-decontamination technologies were also discussed. ^[6] This work investigates the efficacy of decontamination technologies for degradation of fentanyl-HCl on indoor surfaces. ^[7] Cold atmospheric pressure plasma (CAP) stands out among new decontamination technologies, as it offers rapid antimicrobial action against a broad spectrum of foodborne pathogens, while minimally affecting the exposed target. ^[8] Electron beam treatment has several advantages over other decontamination technologies. ^[9] There is, therefore, an upsurge in marketing of air decontamination technologies, but with no proper validation of their claims. ^[10] Existing air decontamination technologies suffer from demerits such as toxicity of exposure, species specificity, noxious gas emission, environment-dependent performance and high power consumption. ^[11] It also has advantages of high efficiency and low energy consumption, compared with traditional decontamination technologies. ^[12] , clays, silica and organic polymers) plays an important role in the decontamination technologies. ^[13] Emerging decontamination technologies have been attracted considerable attention to address the consumers' demand for high quality and safe food products. ^[14] Ongoing challenges in maintaining optimum manual cleaning and disinfection of hospital rooms have created increased interest in "no-touch" decontamination technologies including the use of ultraviolet light (UV). ^[15] We investigated two emerging decontamination technologies, pulse light (PL) and ultraviolet (UV), in combination with washing (referred as water-assisted PL [WPL] and water-assisted UV [WUV]). ^[16] The decontamination technologies described are component decontamination and system decontamination. ^[17]

Emerging Decontamination Technologies

Emerging decontamination technologies have been attracted considerable attention to address the consumers' demand for high quality and safe food products. ^[1] We investigated two emerging decontamination technologies, pulse light (PL) and ultraviolet (UV), in combination with washing (referred as water-assisted PL [WPL] and water-assisted UV [WUV]). ^[2]

Air Decontamination Technologies

There is, therefore, an upsurge in marketing of air decontamination technologies, but with no proper validation of their claims. ^[1] Existing air decontamination technologies suffer from demerits such as toxicity of exposure, species specificity, noxious gas emission, environment-dependent performance and high power consumption. ^[2]