Published on in Vol 9 (2025)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/70326, first published .
Bactericidal Efficacy of Ultraviolet-C Light on Virtual Reality Devices: In Vitro Assessment of Bacterial Killing

Bactericidal Efficacy of Ultraviolet-C Light on Virtual Reality Devices: In Vitro Assessment of Bacterial Killing

Bactericidal Efficacy of Ultraviolet-C Light on Virtual Reality Devices: In Vitro Assessment of Bacterial Killing

Scott C Roberts   1 , MS, MD ;   Jayson Wright   2 ;   Mahnoor Mustafa   2 ;   Richard S Feinn   3 , PhD ;   Asher Marks   4 , MD ;   Kimberly Hieftje   4 , PhD ;   Pamela H Huang   4 , MS ;   Richard A Martinello   1 , MD ;   Thomas S Murray   4 , MD, PhD ;   HIPSTER Team   5

1 Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, United States

2 Yale University, New Haven, CT, United States

3 Quinnipiac University, Hamden, CT, United States

4 Department of Pediatrics, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, United States

5 Yale New Haven Health System, New Haven, CT, United States

Corresponding Author:

  • Scott C Roberts, MS, MD
  • Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases
  • Yale School of Medicine
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