26 Environmental Laboratory Biological identifi er used for airborne detection of SARS-CoV-2


Smiths Detection, announces that its BioFlash® Biological Identifi er 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 signifi cant pause.


In a separate instance, in a collaborative effort with the UMBC Sports Medicine Department, a test conducted in a team locker room resulted in a positive environmental detection on the BioFlash. This detection ultimately led UMBC to test all people present for COVID-19, identifying three infected individuals. This helped prevent further spreadof the virus. “We are delighted to see what we believe is a world-fi rst for our technology. BioFlash,with its real-time results capability, has been used by UMBC in a real-world setting tosuccessfully confi rm the presence or absence of COVID-19 in the air and inform health and safety protocols,” said Smiths Detection President Roland Carter. “We have been working incredibly hard to provide a tool that will support the ongoing fi ght against COVID-19, and these applications demonstrate the role BioFlash can play in virusmitigation strategies.”


“The BioFlash system has helped us to prevent the spread of the virus in our on-campus community. We are also pleased that this tool to protect the health and safety of people on our campus is easy to use and environmentally friendly,” said Lynne Schaefer, UMBC Vice President for Administration and Finance. “We will be using this solution as part of a larger mitigation strategy, alongside other important tools like sanitation, masks, regular testing, physical distancing, and symptom monitoring.”


BioFlash works by collecting and analysing air samples using sensitive, selective and rapid detection technology to identify the presence of dangerous pathogens onsite without the need to involve a laboratory. Following successful internal testing, Smiths Detection has been engaged in various external studies to further verify the SARS-CoV-2 detection capability, including working with the USAMRIID, which verifi ed that BioFlash could identify SARS-CoV-2 in a laboratory setting.


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To address this world-wide pollutant, many different regulatory agencies around the world have released methods for the analysis of these compounds. Currently there are promulgated methods from the USEPA, ASTM, and ISO for the qualitative and quantitative analysis of these compounds in different matrices. The one thing all of these methods have in common is the requirement for high quality reference standards for calibration.


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