Ultraviolet light has proven to be an efficient and effective disinfectant in the healthcare setting: In one study, implementing UV environmental disinfection decreased rates of hospital-acquired multi-drug-resistant organism and Clostridium difficile infections by 20 percent.
Hospitals are continually adding this technology. The following hospitals and health systems are just a few of the organizations that have added disinfection robots from Xenex or TRU-D in the past year. Hospitals are presented in alphabetical order.
1. Children's Hospital Central California (Madera, Calif.)
2. Covenant Health (Lubbock, Texas)
3. Edward Hospital (Naperville, Ill.)
4. Essentia Health (Duluth, Minn.)
5. Good Samaritan Hospital (San Jose, Calif.)
6. Houston Methodist
7. Jack C. Montgomery VA Medical Center (Muskogee, Okla.)
8. Medical Center of Central Georgia (Macon)
9. MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center (Baltimore)
10. Miriam Hospital (Providence, R.I.)
11. National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (Bethesda, Md.)
12. O'Connor Hospital (San Jose, Calif.)
13. Palos Community Hospital (Palos Heights, Ill.)
14. Rapides Regional Medical Center (Alexandria, La.)
15. St. Joseph Hospital (Orange, Calif.)
16. Snoqualmie Valley Hospital (Washington)
17. TriStar Southern Hills Medical Center (Nashville, Tenn.)
18. University Health System (San Antonio)
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