Nottingham hospital tackles superbugs with SmartUVC

摘要

A germ-killing robot is proving to be an efficient method of tackling superbugs in a UK hospital. The remote-controlled Tru-D SmartUVC device developed by Tru-D, a US manufacturer of decontamination equipment, based in Memphis, Tennessee, uses a measured dose of UVC germicidal light to kill 99.9% of room-surface pathogens in a fraction of the time now required for cleaning. According to hospital administrators, vaporised hydrogen peroxide (VHP) is currently used to sterilise wards, with deep-clean taking six hours followed by a wait of up to 24 hours before the room can be used. The VHP method poses significant health risks if not carried out carefully.