Milner Amelia L, Cadnum Jennifer L, Hailes Jennifer M, Donskey Curtis J
School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Research Service, Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, USA.
Antimicrob Steward Healthc Epidemiol. 2025 Feb 10;5(1):e34. doi: 10.1017/ash.2025.13. eCollection 2025.
Single-use plastic pens are commonly used to mark surgical sites on the skin of patients. In laboratory testing, an ultraviolet-C (UV-C) light device was effective for decontamination of marking pens with plastic caps designed to allow transmission of UV-C. Decontamination of marking pens could reduce plastic and carbon footprints.
一次性塑料笔通常用于在患者皮肤上标记手术部位。在实验室测试中,一种紫外线C(UV-C)光设备可有效对带有设计允许UV-C透过的塑料帽的标记笔进行消毒。对标记笔进行消毒可减少塑料和碳足迹。