Ahead of the return to school in September, Hazelwood School purchased a Uvisan UV-C unit so that the bank of iPads, used by its youngest learners, could be readily charged and effectively sanitised as they passed between class bubbles. The unit has been a godsend; protecting the pupils’ health and well-being whilst allowing the same level of digital learning to remain within their timetable. The school avoided the need to buy more costly tablets. The unit is simple to use and has been deployed for the equally important task of sanitising headsets too. The levels of service and communication we received were impeccable meaning that the unit’s delivery was one thing of surety in these uncertain times.

As Simulation Lead we have been using UV cleaning products from the early start of the pandemic, whilst others would not pass it of as IPC (Infection Prevention & Control) compliant. We used VR equipment (Headsets include: Microsoft Hololens, HTC Vive Pro, Oculus Quest, Oculus Rift, Oculus Go) for a hastily created wellbeing space for our staff, to destress using VR relaxation therapy. In the early days we used American purchased Cleanboxes, which while being appropriate for single headsets, were simply not cost efficient, for using more than one headset. We needed a unit that could carry out multiple unit disinfection both rapidly and at cost of scale, rather than cost per unit.

Uvisan offered this option compared to its rivals in so far that it offered multiple unit disinfection alongside charging all in one single unit, meaning there is less plug sockets required to charge and clean multiple VR units.

Uvisan is delighted to announce that it has been recommended by HP as a supplier of UV-C disinfection equipment for HP’s VR and mixed reality headset range. We believe this is a very significant endorsement of our UV-C cabinets as a safe and reliable technology for disinfecting electronic devices. Hewlett Packard approached UVISAN as it needed a product that it could recommend as an approved means for disinfecting its newest VR headsets. This was especially important amidst the current Covid-19 pandemic.

HP carried out rigorous testing on our UV-C cabinets, as part of their investigation into the impact of UV-C cleaning on their products as an alternative to standard chemicals and disinfectant wipes. Tests were carried out on both new and existing HP appliances to determine whether there were any impacts of UV-C exposure on the items, equivalent to two years of standard use, looking into appearance, functionality and any mechanical or structural deterioration over a three-month testing period.

Wearable, Assisted-Reality specialists Realwear recently were kind enough to review a UVISAN UV Cabinet and provided a detailed and comprehensive report on the overall usability and findings when testing their Headsets.

In summary Realwear’s findings were:

Test simulates 6 cleaning cycles per day, 52 weeks per year, for 4 years.

No visible degradation to HMT - 1 devices after testing.

All devices remained in working order and passed drop tests after testing.

Realwear recommends UVISAN UV Cabinets for hygiene purposes for all Realwear devices at customers discretion.