Campden BRI tackles COVID-19 with air cleaning systems test Campden BRI has developed a test to gauge the effectiveness of air cleaning systems in protecting against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.
Some air cleaning systems are marketed as being effective against the virus, meaning food businesses have employed them to increase protection for workers against COVID-19.
However, the Government’s Scientific Advisory Group recently stressed that such systems need to be independently validated. It identified a lack of robust scientific data supporting the efficacy of such systems against relevant test organisms under realistic in-use conditions.
The test developed by Campden BRI uses a surrogate organism, which is structurally similar to SARS-CoV-2, in a specialist aerobiology laboratory. The method is the latest edition to Campden BRI’s suite of COVID-19 services that includes the PCR-based nose and throat swab test designed specifically fo