{"id":9426,"date":"2020-08-28T10:39:10","date_gmt":"2020-08-28T14:39:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/?p=9426"},"modified":"2020-08-28T10:39:10","modified_gmt":"2020-08-28T14:39:10","slug":"biology-professor-alex-wong-works-on-reusable-face-masks-during-covid-19-with-ultraviolet-light-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/2020\/biology-professor-alex-wong-works-on-reusable-face-masks-during-covid-19-with-ultraviolet-light-technology\/","title":{"rendered":"Biology Professor Alex Wong Works on Reusable Face Masks During COVID-19 with Ultraviolet Light Technology"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Biology Professor <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/people\/alex-wong\/\">Alex Wong<\/a>, from the <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eme\/\">Experimental Molecular Evaluation<\/a> lab, is working on a unique research initiative to decontaminate medical face masks. Professor <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/people\/alex-wong\/\">Wong<\/a>, combines ultraviolet light technology on masks that have been exposed to COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p>Professor <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/people\/alex-wong\/\">Wong<\/a>, came up with this idea when there was a substantial concern over Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) in the country.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;\u201cArkalumen was interested in developing ultraviolet LED for decontaminations and CHEO was interested in doing UV decontamination of masks . . . It sort of clicked together,\u201d says <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/people\/alex-wong\/\">Wong<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.carleton.ca\/story\/reusable-face-masks-covid-19\/?utm_source=Homepage&amp;utm_medium=Banner\">Read full article here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Biology Professor Alex Wong, from the Experimental Molecular Evaluation lab, is working on a unique research initiative to decontaminate medical face masks. Professor Wong, combines ultraviolet light technology on masks that have been exposed to COVID-19. 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