UV Box Targets Cell Phone Contamination in Food Processing and Foodservice Industries
Advanced Ultra-Violet Systems, LLC. (AUVS) has announced its medical-quality infection prevention technology--known as the UV Box--is now available to the food processing and foodservice industries.
The AUVS KR615 Germicidal Enclosure was developed specifically to address the issue of mobile devices that move freely around hospitals and are known agents of cross-contamination. The same issues exist in the food processing and foodservice industries where cell phones and small tablets frequently come in close contact with food and food processing equipment. According to studies, more than 85 percent of cell phones carry significant contamination even after being cleaned with chemical wipes. Cell phones have even been described in the media as having contamination levels on par with toilets.