Preventing Respiratory Viral Illness Invisibly (PRiVII): protocol for a pragmatic cluster randomized trial evaluating far-UVC light devices in long-term care facilities to reduce infections

Summary

The protocol for a randomised trial in US long-term care facilities that will test whether far-UVC lamps reduce respiratory infections. It describes the design; it reports no results.

Key points

• Cluster randomised trial of far-UVC devices in long-term care facilities.
• Outcomes include influenza-like illness, respiratory illness and COVID-19.
• A protocol only: no results yet.