Far-UVC Light Devices in Long-term Care Facilities to Reduce Infections (UVCinLTCs)

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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT05084898

Recruitment Status : Unknown

Verified October 2021 by Kenneth Rockwood, Nova Scotia Health Authority.
Recruitment status was: Enrolling by invitation

First Posted : October 20, 2021

Last Update Posted : October 20, 2021

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Sponsor:

Collaborators:

Department of Health, Nova Scotia

Research Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia Health Authority

Information provided by (Responsible Party):

Kenneth Rockwood, Nova Scotia Health Authority

No Study Results Posted on ClinicalTrials.gov for this Study

About Study Results Reporting on ClinicalTrials.gov

Recruitment Status :	Unknown
Estimated Primary Completion Date :	February 28, 2023
Estimated Study Completion Date :	April 30, 2023

Publications:

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Buonanno M, Welch D, Shuryak I, Brenner DJ. Far-UVC light (222 nm) efficiently and safely inactivates airborne human coronaviruses. Sci Rep. 2020 Jun 24;10(1):10285. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-67211-2. Erratum In: Sci Rep. 2021 Sep 27;11(1):19569.

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Pallmann P, Bedding AW, Choodari-Oskooei B, Dimairo M, Flight L, Hampson LV, Holmes J, Mander AP, Odondi L, Sydes MR, Villar SS, Wason JMS, Weir CJ, Wheeler GM, Yap C, Jaki T. Adaptive designs in clinical trials: why use them, and how to run and report them. BMC Med. 2018 Feb 28;16(1):29. doi: 10.1186/s12916-018-1017-7.

Welch D, Buonanno M, Grilj V, Shuryak I, Crickmore C, Bigelow AW, Randers-Pehrson G, Johnson GW, Brenner DJ. Far-UVC light: A new tool to control the spread of airborne-mediated microbial diseases. Sci Rep. 2018 Feb 9;8(1):2752. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-21058-w. Erratum In: Sci Rep. 2021 Sep 7;11(1):18122.

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Liu Y, Mao B, Liang S, Yang JW, Lu HW, Chai YH, Wang L, Zhang L, Li QH, Zhao L, He Y, Gu XL, Ji XB, Li L, Jie ZJ, Li Q, Li XY, Lu HZ, Zhang WH, Song YL, Qu JM, Xu JF; Shanghai Clinical Treatment Experts Group for COVID-19. Association between age and clinical characteristics and outcomes of COVID-19. Eur Respir J. 2020 May 27;55(5):2001112. doi: 10.1183/13993003.01112-2020. Print 2020 May.

Armitage R, Nellums LB. COVID-19 and the consequences of isolating the elderly. Lancet Public Health. 2020 May;5(5):e256. doi: 10.1016/S2468-2667(20)30061-X. Epub 2020 Mar 20. No abstract available.

Simard J, Volicer L. Loneliness and Isolation in Long-term Care and the COVID-19 Pandemic. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2020 Jul;21(7):966-967. doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2020.05.006. Epub 2020 May 8. No abstract available.

El Haj M, Altintas E, Chapelet G, Kapogiannis D, Gallouj K. High depression and anxiety in people with Alzheimer's disease living in retirement homes during the covid-19 crisis. Psychiatry Res. 2020 Sep;291:113294. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2020.113294. Epub 2020 Jul 13.

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Sayers G, Igoe D, Carr M, Cosgrave M, Duffy M, Crowley B, O'Herlihy B. High morbidity and mortality associated with an outbreak of influenza A(H3N2) in a psycho-geriatric facility. Epidemiol Infect. 2013 Feb;141(2):357-65. doi: 10.1017/S0950268812000659. Epub 2012 Apr 17.

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Mahmud SM, Thompson LH, Nowicki DL, Plourde PJ. Outbreaks of influenza-like illness in long-term care facilities in Winnipeg, Canada. Influenza Other Respir Viruses. 2013 Nov;7(6):1055-61. doi: 10.1111/irv.12052. Epub 2012 Nov 12.

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