Can Ultraviolet Light Kill Bacteria?
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Bacteria can be good, but too much of it can be bad. If you work in an office, or have to be out in public places where you aren’t sure what you may be touching… this little gadget is for you.
The UV Disinfectant Wand will help you kill germs for about $80.00. It’s super compact and easy to use. It’s safe to disinfect nearly anything you can think of, from your cell phone to your keyboard.
You like to take care of yourself – popping vitamin-c and zinc powerups, and rocking the ecchinacia, but there’s only so much you can do to shore up your own defenses. These microscopic nasties keep getting more and more vicious. Thankfully, technology keeps pace, and let you go on the offense, and kill some germs.
Pull out this sleek pearl clamshell – is it a cell-phone? No! Intense ultra-violet radiation emanates from a lens on the face, killing 99.9% of bacteria and viruses on your mouse, keyboard, phone, action-figures, what have you! Pass it over your contaminated objects for 10 seconds, and you’re virtually germ-free.
I gotta thank ThinkGeek for helping me disinfect my office. I’d recommend doing this at least once a week. Anything you think could be crawling with junk and germs needs to be disinfected. Stay healthy!
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15 Comments
New Revolution Ventures
July 11th, 2008
at 9:42pm
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July 12th, 2008
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VM Ganata
July 11th, 2008
at 12:06am
While UV radiation can kill bacteria (and eukaryotic cells, too, which we happen to be made of), bacteria have diverse DNA repair mechanisms that can reverse UV damage. What you’re doing by irradiating otherwise harmless bacteria is selecting for the most UV-resistant forms. Not so good. Stick with hand-washing, the only intervention that has been proven in randomized clinical trials to decrease infection spread.
woolf2k
July 11th, 2008
at 6:30am
yes it does… even the act of leaving you shades open at home and letting the sun in can help reduce bacterial count, as well as, fungus.
The sun’s not only there for light.
Chris
July 11th, 2008
at 7:33am
I work for an engineering firm that does a lot of HVAC design for hospitals. There are UV lights that can be installed inside different pieces of ventilation equipment that are used to kill more than just bacteria. I forget the specifics, but there’s a specific wavelength that actually breaks down organic material.
These lights are shone on air filter, and other fixtures to help purify the air. They’re also used in swimming pool applications, too.
dofer49
July 11th, 2008
at 12:04pm
Spending years working at a water store, filtration is a must. We here use ultra violet lights (UV lights) and they do an excellent job of killing most of the bacteria. So I would say that it does.
zanzabar19
July 11th, 2008
at 12:48pm
This looks like an amazing product. It sure will help those germ freaks. It would be nice if Think Geek would give these to schools. And other unsanitary government places.
Lashazior
July 11th, 2008
at 1:29pm
Just think in 10 years, disinfectants will be light-sabers that you wave around to kill airborne bacteria while releasing the fresh scent of Death Star mango :D
Elf
July 11th, 2008
at 4:18pm
I want one of those. Cool gadgets as always Chris!
Exothermic Reaction
July 11th, 2008
at 4:40pm
Short wave ultraviolet light is used to kill bacteria in a lot of applications. All applications that I know use interlock mechanisms that prevent any chance of human skin exposure to the direct ultraviolet light source and require exposure times of 20 minutes or more.
A simple wand using this same wavelength of light would give severe skin burns it were doing what it would take to kill bacteria.
Exo
Taylor Jasko
July 11th, 2008
at 6:32pm
Wow, that’s just so cool Chirs! It’s a cheap way to kill those germs. It’s a little slow, but hey, It works!
john
July 11th, 2008
at 7:39pm
these thingds look like phones
FR83
July 11th, 2008
at 8:37pm
While i think its a good tool for helping keep those items clean and free of bacteria, i’d be alittle worried if this is kept in a family home. More so of little children who happen to mistake it for a “pretty light” and dont know what it will really do. But then again you would hope the parents are responsible enough to not leave it laying out. Good tool tho for those who are very wary of their surroundings, what they tough, what they use.
OkieFreak
July 11th, 2008
at 10:55pm
While i really like this product I think I could use it in my main work as a nurse. I do not believe it will kill the really nasty bugs such as MRSA.
” MRSA is a resistant variation of the common bacterium Staphylococcus aureus. It has evolved an ability to survive treatment with beta-lactamase resistant beta-lactam antibiotics, including methicillin, dicloxacillin, nafcillin, and oxacillin.”
If this device could kill this bug just on the surface, it would be truly awesome. Thanks for the review and information on this device……..Sincerly, OkieFreak
Jeremy
July 12th, 2008
at 12:17pm
I hope sooooo. Bacteria. AHHH. Hate it.