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UVC has been used as a germicide for decades. In 1903 The Nobel Prize in Medicine was awarded to Niels Ryberg Finsen "in recognition of his contribution to the treatment of diseases, especially lupus vulgaris, with concentrated light radiation, whereby he has opened a new avenue for medical science". Over 100 years later, this technology is finally available to sanitize shoes and deodorize shoes.
For UVC to be effective, the variables are lamp wattage, distance of the UVC light to the microorganism(s), and time. While designing the SteriShoe® ultraviolet shoe sanitizer, we conducted tests to verify how long the shoe treatment needed to be. An independent testing lab verified that in 45 minutes 99.9%-99.99% of the microorganisms that came in contact with the SteriShoe® shoe sanitizer's UVC light were destroyed.
Dr. Eric Stamps, DPM, Assistant Dean for Clinical Affairs at Samuel Merritt University, just completed his first study with the SteriShoe® ultraviolet shoe sanitizer. His testing with T. Rubrum (the number one cause for both athlete's foot and nail fungus) and MRSA proved the SteriShoe® ultraviolet shoe sanitizer is effectively destroying these microorganisms.
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