In addition, disposal of degraded, hazardous mercury lamps can be challenging in rural and developing countries for point-of-use (POU) drinking water disinfection applications.
Furthermore, a potential growth in demand for decentralized or point-of use water treatment and reuse systems will likely stimulate further research and commercialization of nanoparticles to enhance water disinfection applications.
This study investigated the suitability of the Calgary Biofilm Device (CBD), originally designed as a test surrogate for indwelling medical devices, for assessing the efficacy of antimicrobials developed for food and food contact surface disinfection applications.
It is also used for treating huge volumes of wastewater, and in water and food disinfection applications [ 8].
In recent years, a considerable attention was devoted to the development of transparent, anatase TiO2 thin films with strong hydrophilicity induced by UV light irradiation with the aim to use them in self-cleaning, antifogging and biocidal (self-disinfection) applications [1, 2].
In this preliminary report, we evaluated the antiseptic effects of the system as used by the medical staff in the ICU and compared its antiseptic effects with those of a conventional hand-disinfection method: application of alcohol lotion after hand-washing with soap.
