IEC PAS 63313:2021

Position statement on germicidal UV-C irradiation - UV-C safety guidelines

IEC PAS 63313:2021 The safety advice in this document applies to UV-C sources and UV-C products which emit in the wavelength range of 180 nm to 280 nm.
Not within the scope are:
- devices having their own product safety standard, such as IEC 60335-2-109 applicable to UV-C water disinfection equipment and IEC 60335-2-65 applicable to UV-C air disinfection equipment
- application environments of UV-C devices
- products combining UV-C irradiance with chemicals and additives
- products that do not emit UV-C radiation such as UV-A, UV-B and near-UV devices
- requirements for performance and functional characteristics
- requirements for preventing material degradation and material damage

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 26-May-2021
• ICS: 29.140.01 - Lamps in general
• Technical Committee: TC 34 - Lighting
• Current Stage: PPUB - Publication issued
• Start Date: 02-Jul-2021
• Completion Date: 27-May-2021

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CONTENTS
FOREWORD . 3
INTRODUCTION TO THE PAS . 5
Foreword to this guidance document . 6
1 Introduction . 6
2 Scope of this guidance document . 7
3 UV-C radiation safety requirements . 7
3.1 Summary of UV-C safety requirements of photobiological safety standard
IEC 62471 . 7
3.1.1 Effective UV-C irradiance . 8
3.1.2 Effective irradiance at a distance d . 9
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3.1.3 Effective irradiance at a distance d = 200 mm . 9
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3.1.4 UV-C risk groups . 9
3.2 Effective UV-C irradiance distribution . 10
3.3 UV-C irradiance safeguards .
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