Apr 15 2021 Read 4 Times
Smiths Detection, announces that its BioFlash® Biological Identifier has been successfully used by the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) to identify airborne SARS-CoV-2 inside their campus in real-time at the point of testing.
As part of their mitigation strategy for COVID-19, UMBC’s Environmental Safety and Health (ESH) team have been using BioFlash across the campus. In one instance, the airborne detector was deployed to help the campus community safely re-enter a research facility after a person working there tested positive. After multiple tests performed on the BioFlash ruled- out the presence of airborne SARS-CoV-2, the ESH team deemed the facility contamination- free, allowing staff and students to safely return and research to continue without significant pause.