Reporting quality and metrological traceability of 222-nm far-UVC dosimetry: a systematic review and metascientific audit

Objective. To audit reporting completeness, exposure arithmetic and metrological traceability in a curated corpus of empirical reports on 222-nm far-UVC.

Methods. Retrospective systematic review of a curated corpus with a cross-sectional metascientific audit and a retrospectively reconstructed protocol. The unit was the deduplicated report. We applied 28 exploratory FDRI-28 items. Completeness used applicable items and a fixed-28 sensitivity denominator. Results describe the selected corpus, not prevalence across the literature.

Results. The corpus contained 84 reports and 2,352 item decisions. Mean completeness was 45.72% (SD 12.26); median 46.43% (IQR 39.29–53.57%). Descriptive low, moderate and high categories comprised 52, 31 and one report. Radiometry/calibration was the least complete domain (mean 15.67%). Two reports met the combined basic reporting criterion and none met the combined traceability criterion. Of 23 evaluable linked schedules, 21 agreed arithmetically within 5%. AI-assisted documentary checking resolved 223 alerts (206 confirmed, 17 corrected); two reviewers verified the scores, eligibility, report versions and application of FDRI-28.

Conclusions. In the analyzed corpus, 52/84 reports documented fewer than 50% of applicable items. The audit identifies specific gaps in radiometry and traceability and provides a reproducible path from source to item and result. Its contribution is to characterize dosimetric documentation within the scope of the exploratory instrument used.